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Denis Fodor wrote:
>But in a free society individuals do resort toward social intercourse to
>make common judgements on all kinds of matters. ... In what's lazily
>called The Market the most varied assortment of individuals coalesce to
>set prices. Much the same applies to the setting of tastes. In music,
>the parties having interests in the matter coalesce to form them.
I have to reject the "setting of tastes" premise. I don't believe there
is any taste setting although there are certainly people and organizations
that try to impose such things and "followers" who are led to the trough.
Taste setting is not viable, because so many societies are highly
pluralistic and tastes are so varied. A further hindrance to its viability
is that there is not really any "penalty" for not accepting the established
taste. In the Market, there is a penalty for not accepting the established
price - you don't get the product/service.
In music, the individual listener is free to reject any taste associated
with music and suffer nothing in response. As a result, taste setting has
no impact on a person who is able to think as an individual and, therefore,
breaks down quickly. I would assume that taste setting would have no
viability for list members.
i do want to apologize to Denis and the other list members for my comment
that his scenario was not "worth a damn." It was disrespectful, and I have
no disrespect for Denis.
Don Satz
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