[MD] Pirsig's Politics

[Ian Glendinning]

Interesting DMB, Ant, ...

I would agree with the assertion anyway ...
"the election of Obama [was] a triumph of intellectual over social values".

I remember a fair bit of MoQ.Discuss debate in the wake of the Obama
victory. I don't recall that quote from Bob to Ant, was it published
here at the time ? (Just interested in maybe citing it at some point.)

Regards
Ian

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM, david buchanan<dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> dmb said:
> In Lila Pirsig refers to himself as a liberal intellectual. I think that's true enough. In fact, he sees the election of Obama as a triumph of intellectual over social values.
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> Platt replied:
> Without a reference I doubt if Pirsig "sees" that. If he did, he's contradicting what he said in Lila about the intellectual pattern that dominates society having a "defect in it," namely, no provision for morals. Seeing the fascist trend of the Obozo administration...
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> dmb says:For some reason I think you'd find a way to dismiss it even if I provided  a reference. In fact, I think there is already enough material in the books. But (sigh) here it is anyway. As you can see, Pirsig does NOT think Obama is a clown or a fascist.
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> Pirsig to McWatt January 7th 2008:
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>            "The surprise victory of Barak Obama in Iowa is a major social evolutionary step for this country.  I am reading interviews of black people who just can’t believe it has happened, particularly in Iowa, which only 2% black. The evil generated by slavery isn’t completely over, but, I think the MOQ would say it is a major victory of the intellectual level over the social level that has been centuries in coming."
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