[MD] Intellect? Never.

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On 22 Apr 2010 at 8:51, Andre Broersen wrote:

> Arlo:
> 
> The Communist Manifesto was a treatise arguing for freedom from an enslaving
> capistocracy.
> 
> Andre:
> Excellent summary Arlo. Just to pick up on one point: fortunately we see signs of some enlightened enterpreneurs extending the idea of (political) democracy to the economic sector with the establishment of cooperatives, joint ownership ventures, joint decision making processes, sharing the profits equitably, etc etc. I guess this would be considered blasphemy by Platt and his neo-con-nians.
> 
> I remember one of Anthony's post (in the archives) dealing with this issue. Three guesses to whom the post was directed.
> 
> Andre

"What the Metaphysics of Quality indicates is that the twentieth-century 
intellectual faith in man's basic goodness as spontaneous and natural is 
disastrously naive. The ideal of a harmonious society in which everyone 
without coercion cooperates happily with everyone else for the mutual 
good of all is a devastating fiction." -- Robert Pirsig, Lila, 24.