[Platt] Do you deny that "they" refers to capitalists? If so, who does "they" refer to that you mentioned in previous statements?
[Arlo] I'll answer your one pointed question. The "they" referred, as Pirsig pointed out, to "right-wing politicians". From my original post. "The whole "bash the Academy" crowd, which pretty much defines right-wing politics, uses the same rhetoric generation in and generation out. They labeled Pirsig a "radical professor" fifty years ago, and still use that tired phrase with each new round of nonsense." When asked about being branded a "radical professor", Pirsig replied "But that was just right-wing politics." Indeed. You may interpret "right-wing politicians" as "xenophobic wing-nuts" if you like, but given the fact that Pirsig himself is a "capitalist" and yet also a "lifelong democrat", I hardly think you can make the "right-wing politician=capitalist" substitution. 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
