[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[pholden at davtv.com]

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

> [Arlo asked several questions]
> 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?
> 
> [Platt]
> What's your point? That Pirsig was wrong to say the free market was morally
> superior to socialism?
> 
> [Arlo]
> My "point" is get beyond one-liners. Your answers?

So you want to get beyond Pirsig's line about socialism? I thought so. 



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