dmb says: I don't recall any mention of feudalism but the 20th century ideologies are discussed in great detail over the course of several chapters in Lila. Chapters 22 and 24 are most directly related to capitalism and socialism but chapters 20 and 21also have much to say on the topic.
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:34:32 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Rights as Values > > Hi Paco > > Comments below: > > On 03/03/2014 10:35, Francisco Albano wrote: > > Dear All: > So, is moq_discuss now open to commenting on social values and systems in > the light of MoQ, DQ-SQ? > > > Yes. moq-discuss is open for all conversation relating to Robert Pirsig's > MOQ and that includes the above. > > What can be said about feudalism, capitalism, socialism? > > > In terms of what? Do you mean where do they fit into the MOQ hierarchy or > do you mean in which way do they interact or oppose each other? Or > something else entirely? > > Not to mention human rights, religion and religious institutions? > > > As above, what terms do you have in mind? Should religion and religious > institution support human rights, which rights would they support and would > these rights differ between those institutions. In the UK, some religious > institutions seem to be coming around to the idea that same-sex marriage is > OK and others oppose this, although many of their members disagree! > > I'd like to know how Pirsigians are putting MoQ into practice, making it > relevant to life. What is its relevance to personal renewal/remolding and > social transformation towards high quality living in this era of capitalist > globalization? > > > On a personal level I'd say that the MOQ is part of my everyday life - > influencing how I behave and how I think about what's going on in the > world. Regarding capitalist globalisation and the destruction of economies > for all but the rich it's very difficult to see how high quality living can > be achieved when those responsible for this destruction are doing their > level best to induce greed, fear and hatred into our lives in order to > achieve dominance. > > The only way out, at the moment, appears to be through revolution as is > happening in various parts of the world - the main problem there though is > that it depends on who you are revolting against, who is supporting you and > what is their agenda - among other things. > At the moment things do not look good! > > Cheers > > Horse > > > > Paco > "El Senor te bendiga y te guarde; > el Senor te mire con agrado y te extienda su amor; > el Senor te muestre su favor y te conceda la paz." > (Numeros 6:24-26) > > > > > -- > > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production > deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." > -- Frank Zappa > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
