[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Platt]
Pirsig would no doubt approve the statement that the "poor are much better off
under capitalism than socialism . . ." due to better access to Dynamic Quality
in a free market society. More moral indeed!

[Arlo]
Are the "poor" better or worse off because of public libraries? Would the
"poor" be better off if we shut down all the public libraries and converted
them to Barnes and Nobles? 

Let's go back to the fabled pre-socialist era of the early 20th century. Give
me some measures you would use to show me how the "poor" were better off then?
Better income? Better health care? Better education? Contrast the workers in
the Pullman camps to the factory workers at GM today. Tell me in what ways the
Pullman laborers were "better off"?

Since we favor the "free market", do you think people would be better off with
a privatized police force than a socialized one? Why? Why is a socialized
police force better than a private one?