[MD] The New Socialism - Wired Magazine

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On 8 Jun 2009 at 9:09, X Acto wrote:

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> Platt:
> Guess you missed the part in Lila where Pirsig talks about socialism 
> vs. free markets. He also talks about human rights and why SOM 
> intellectuals are incapable of governing properly (they lack morals). I 
> could go on. But the most relevant premise of the MOQ supporting 
> Nick's thesis is the nature of DQ:  "It contains no pattern of fixed rewards 
> and punishments. Its only perceived good is freedom and its only 
> perceived evil is static quality itself-any pattern of one-sided fixed 
> values that tries to contain and kill the ongoing free force of life." (Lila, 
> 9)
> 
> Ron:
> And Platt, you know WHY those intellectuals are imoral? because they thought of
> themselves as individuals, they valued their individual biological desires over social
> quality. Like greed and hedonism. Gomorrah my freind. 

Where did you ever get that idea? Did you just make it up?