[MD] The MoQ and Politics?

[John Carl]

How does one weigh in on the side of the good, Ian?  A "good" question.
Which begs the answer, doesn't it.  You just do.  Simply by asking the
question and asking sincerely (faithfully) one taps into "the source".

So since it's so simple, the next question that is raised in my mind, is why
then is there any problem at all?  Since we all know what Quality; since we
all have access to the apprehension of this fundamental guide, why is there
anything wrong?

That's the big question.  The quick answer that occurs to me is
selfishness.  People care more for their self-interest than they do for what
is good.  Or most conveniently, they define what lies in their self-interest
as "what is good".  It's a pure logic, with a faulty premise, and it's
predicated upon a Subject-Oriented Metaphysical stance which has come to
dominate the world.   In a values-free matrix, the last bastion of values is
the self.

So... back to your "how".

Explicating the patterns allows the participants to contemplate and choose
to step outside of the patterns.  There is no other how than this.  And it
often doesn't work because even when they see their own selfishness laid
open, people still often choose it anyway.  Obviously, SOM is a choice, the
world as it is, is the result.

Take care,

John

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:17 AM, Ian Glendinning
<ian.glendinning at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> You said
> "... for those concerned with Quality, the point isn't to weigh in on
> the side of the right, or the left, but the good."
>
> You don't say John, (agreed, any ideology is anathema to quality and
> value).
> The point is how ? (See previous suggestions.)
>
> Ian
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