Miles writes:
> Moreover, Emerson-style personal reflection is not
necessary to get to your conclusion that we could
structure society to > distribute resources more
effectively so that everyone could live rich and varied
lives.
As long as it gets to that conclusion who cares?
> We can get there much more simply by stating
"everybody's life matters, we're all in this " together".
That is Miles' Way. I do not think we can achieve a world where people "live rich and varied lives" by demanding that they all follow the same path. What is simple for Miles may be difficult for others.
> And again, thousands of years of human culture have
demonstrated that you don't need to think like Emerson to
come to that conclusion.
But you can come to that conclusion by thinking like Emerson. Why do you want to be authoritarian and close off a viable path? Who died and left you Cyclops?
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhst Resister