[MD] Social Ants?

[Heather Perella]

Platt, Gene, Steve, and others,

     Platt, your still saying that, and I'm still
saying this.

     Pirsig:  "Phaedrus thought..."
    
     Notice Phaedrus THINKING.

     Pirsig:  "...that no other historical or
political analysis explains the enormity of these
forces as clearly as does the Metaphysics of Quality.
The gigantic power of socialism and fascism, which
have overwhelmed this century, is explained by a
conflict of levels of evolution."

     Notice Phaedrus THOUGHT these levels of conflict.

     Pirsig:  "This conflict explains THE DRIVING
FORCE BEHIND HITLER..."

     Notice Phaedrus THINKING about THE DRIVING FORCE
BEHIND an individual and this individuals name is
HITLER.  What is THE DRIVING FORCE Phaedrus THINKS? 
It is the CONFLICT between levels is the DRIVING
FORCE.

     Pirsig:  "...not as an insane search for power
but as an all-consuming glorification of social
authority and hatred of intellectualism."

     So this conflict between levels is glorified,
expressed, and behind, thus, the motives in an
INDIVIDUAL named HITLER.  This IDEA of conflict
between levels, and the levels themselves are as first
stated, a THOUGHT Phaedrus had to EXPLAIN a motive an
individual had.  Where did this individual, named
Hitler, have this motive in conflict?  Within himself,
thus Hitler, an individual, had conflict in himself
that Phaedrus best THOUGHT to explain this conflict by
Phaedrus' IDEA about the levels in conflict. 
Therefore we notice two individuals here, one named
Phaedrus and another one named Hitler.

     Pirsig:  "HIS anti-Semitism was fueled by
anti-intellectualism.  HIS hatred of communists was
fueled by anti-intellectualism.  HIS exaltation of the
German volk was fueled by it.  HIS fanatic persecution
of any kind of intellectual freedom was driven by it."


     Notice the individual "HIS" emphasis added, and
the obvious "HIS" is an individual named Hitler. 
Notice also we have two individuals.  One individual
is anti-intellectual and that individual is Hitler. 
The other individual is intellectual and that
individual is Phaedrus.  Of these individuals one,
named Phaedrus, is capable of having an idea about a
conflict within another individual named Hitler.  
     That individual, named Hitler, has a conflict
inside of himself.  A conflict between society and
intellect all wrapped up together inside of the skin
of an individual capable of having a social and
intellectual conflict inside of himself, this one
person, an individual named Hitler.  That's what
"Phaedrus thought".

Thanks,
SA   

     

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