[MD] Problems with Intellectual control of Society

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Ham] 
> What about [Pirsig's] statement that conservatives 
> (i.e., capitalists) "are just supporting their self-interests"? 
> Isn't what's "important", "desirable", or "interesting" 
> precisely what is meant by realizing Value?  If so, nothing 
> describes it better than "self-interest".  In other words, 
> Capitalism works BECAUSE it supports self-interest. 

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Exactly.  The same point could be made about "profit". 
What reason would there be for any undertaking whose result 
was not better than the effort put into it? 

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[ Andre] 
> Without inequality the [capitalist] system would not work. Andre] 
> Without inequality the [capitalist] system would not work. 
Exactly backwards.  The free market system works best when the parties 
are economically equal & least well when one party is weak or desparate 
compared to the other. 
Craig