[MD] An MOQ based political system

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> Well, why don't you look back through history and provide some evidence? Money
> economies have been around since man left the caves. 
> 
> [Arlo had said]
> Now, _social patterns_ in the larger sense, I'd agree, _are_ a prerequisite for
> the emergence of intellectual patterns. But "capitalism" is only one of many
> possible social patterns, which has nothing to do with the quality of intellect
> that follows.
> 
> [Platt]
> Where do you see the word "capitalism" in my statement? And where did you get
> the idea that philosophy automatically says anything about the "quality of
> intellect?"
> 
> [Arlo]
> You are attempting to conflate two things that are unrelated. As you can see
> above, I specifically state that "social patterns" are indeed a prerequisite to
> "intellectual patterns" (that basic MOQ). But "money" is only one feature of
> social patterns. Saying "money" is a prerequisite to intellect is like saying
> "roads" or "family" is a prerequisite to intellect. They are certainly often
> _part_ of the prerequisite, but any individual variance is not itself what's
> responsible. Unless you want to rewrite the MOQ to be
> "inorganic-biological-money-intellectual".

Thanks. You agree then that money is a prerequisite to philosophy. Never did I
say it was the only prerequisite as you falsely intimate. But you ducked
my question about capitalism and the quality of intellect. 

> [Platt]
> to denigrate Platt because his ideas are considered dangerous to the left's
> agenda. Bore, bore, bore.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Boy, you nailed it. Your ideas are so dangerous to my agenda, my anti-freedom,
> aid the terrorists, want American soldiers to die agenda. Why were it not for
> noble, honest, freedom-loving conservatives like yourself, we would have
> already enslaved the world. Damn you!

Note the bitterness, folks. Must of struck a nerve. :-)




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