[MD] Politics

[Platt Holden]

Chris:
>  In connection to the discussions regarding Politics and stuff that has been
> going on here lately I thought I'd ask a question, forgive me if this had
> been asked and discussed to the end before, but: From a MOQ perspective,
> what is the goal of politics? I mean, what would a MOQist say that politics
> should strive for?  The Goal then, not why it's there, that's quite obvious,
> but the goal.

Good question. My answer is precisely the same as Pirsig's:

"My personal feeling is that this is how any further improvement of the 
world will be done: by individuals making Quality decisions and that's all. 
God, I don't want to have any more enthusiasm for big programs full of 
social planning for big masses of people that leave individual Quality out. 
These can be left alone for a while. There's a place for them but they've 
got to be built on a foundation of Quality within the individuals involved. 
We've had that individual Quality in the past, exploited it as a natural 
resource without knowing it, and now it's just about depleted. Everyone's 
just about out of gumption. And I think it's about time to return to the 
rebuilding of this American resource -- individual worth."

 -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

In other words, the goal of politics is to encourage individualism. That's 
all. 

Regards,
Platt