[MD] French ingredient in the soup of sentiments

[khaled Alkotob]

Craig, Arlo 

That is the golden question here. How free is our free will and when does
coercion cross the line.

When does it become law that an engagement ring has to be worth " three
months salary", or $10,000 worth of rims are the needed accessory for
that new $50,000 automobile.

Drug dealers get arrested. Should merchants that sell stuff that causes
people to get a "high" also me arrested. Ok I am being facetious here but
sometimes I wonder when I see people acquiring stuff and the high they
get from that. 

Just a thought


[Craig]
Arlo,
Your citations show that for Pirsig the problems are not the result of a
free-market, but in spite of it.  (You might say, rather, they are the
result of free will.) 

Are problems in ZMM the result of "government interference in the
market"? No. I think you'll agree such interference has its own set of
problems.  (see Pirsig's characterization of Communist systems as
Qualityless.)