[MD] irony and Socrates

[Marsha]

“I think that if we are going to reform the world, and make it a  
better place to live in, the way to do it is not to talk about  
relationships of political nature, which are inevitably dualistic,  
full of subjects and objects and their relationship to one another; or  
with programs full of things for other people to do. I think that kind  
of approach starts it at the end and presumes the end is the  
beginning. Programs of a political nature are important end products  
of social quality that can be effective only if the underlying  
structure of social values is right. The social values are right only  
if the individual values are right. The place to improve the world is  
first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then to work outward  
from there. Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of  
mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think  
that what I have to say has more lasting value. “

(RMP,ZMM)



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