--- gavin gee-clough <gavgc@hotmail.com> wrote: >
Platt: "Quite bluntly, Pirsig says capitalistic free
> enterprise is superior
> to
> socialism. To deny that is simply and utterly
> wrong."
>
> i would agree with platt here, with a small
> addition.
> i think it is clearer to say that historically
> speaking, the practical
> application of the idea of capitalistic free
> enterprise is superior to the
> application of the idea of socialism.
>
> to be fair the models of 'socialism' that we have
> seen last century are
> closer to 'state capitalism' than 'true'
> (utopian/democratic) socialism.
>
> i have had many problems with doctrinaire socialists
> over the years. they
> can tend to be a little 'cultish', reacting poorly
> to criticism.
> many are too keen on the idea of a socialist
> 'vanguard': an elite advance
> force. rather arrogant aswell as being
> anti-democratic.
>
> however, entrusting the running of the world to an
> abstraction called 'the
> market' (which is a central feature of unrestrained
Markets are real ... I've seen them.
André
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