[MD] Social Imposition ?

[ian glendinning]

Arlo, Chin, Platt et al

Arlo, you agreed with Chin
>  that it is better for a person to follow their own sense
> of Quality than it is to blindly conform to social authority.

And later you pointed out to Platt

> [The] ongoing confusion is to try to paint "collective activity" as obedience to
> social authority. Collectivization occurs on ALL the MOQ levels, and is how
> evolutionary movement, from inorganic to intellectual patterns, is possible.
>

I agree with you on both points. The point is it is possible to
acknowledge the value in social authority without "blindly conforming"
to it. It's a middle that does not need to be excluded.

Ian