[MD] Walmart, Final Answer

[Dallas Van Winkle]

1st: Thanks

2nd: Its dynamic growth I would say represents the reflection of a clinging
to static patterns. In other words, it's been able to grow so rapidly
because there is a lot of fear out there to exploit. The fear of poverty,
(which William James called a social disease) is probably a prime
contributor.

Let me give you a good example of the fear of poverties influence on static
patterns: Let's imagine a pair of jeans, real expensive, real quality.
Dynamic quality inspired... Now, imagine a pair of generic jeans that
imitates that dynamic quality. Now, imagine another pair of pants that is
not the high fashion designer jeans, but is a used pair of army surplus
pants. (did pirsig refer to the honesty of such clothing? I thought so,
could be mistaken). The army surplus pants are of a higher quality than the
generic pants because they are honest, and honesty is of dynamic quality.
The generic jeans are imitations of the expensive jeans... They are made
purely for the sake of image and profit, they are not honest, and they are
thus static and of a low quality. Remember the "smokestack" dialogue in
Lila? Same issue here.

Now, is profit dynamic quality? Is growth dynamic quality? Or is it mere
accumulation? Who is richer in spirit, the monk who lives in the mountains
or the person with millions in the bank? I've been studying Mike Tyson a bit
recently, he made over $400 million, but the guy was never happy. I am
getting ahead of myself...

I would say that profit and financial success are items of a high social
quality, but lets remember that the social rung is below intellectual, and
intellectual is below dyanmic quality itself. Dynamic quality can create
profit, but profit itself is merely a social trait. I don't think that
profit can create dynamic quality. "Can't buy me love".

I recalled Pirsig saying that anything created purely for the sake of beauty
was of a dynamic quality... I'll have to look it up, I could be mistaken.



On 2/11/06, Platt Holden <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
>
> First, welcome to the group, Dallas. Second, how do you explain Walmart's
> dynamic
> growth? Third, does making a profit automatically exclude Dynamic Quality?
> Fourth,
> what are Pirsig's comments on beauty?
>
> Thanks,
> Platt
>
> Quoting Dallas Van Winkle <dallas.vanwinkle at gmail.com>:
>
> > I'm sorry Platt, but Walmart embodies static social level patterns. It
> is
> > not dynamic quality. Walmart embodies doing things for profit rather
> than
> > for the sake of dynamic quality, and since it is founded on such a low
> level
> > of the hierarchy, everything it is related to suffers. (remember
> Pirsig's
> > comments on Beauty).
> >
> > NYC has nothing to do with Walmart. Walmart is a typically suburban
> > phenomena. Cities are dynamic, suburbia generally consists of static
> > patterns that try to imitate dynamic quality but generally fail. The
> ugly
> > tan buildings that all look the same, the low quality products, the
> fear,
> > the overzealoutry, it all says the same thing to me... It's all trying
> to be
> > dynamic by being profitable, so in essence it is like trying to find
> > fulfillment by eating the ends of the banana while completely
> overlooking
> > the middle.
>
>
>
>
>
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