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  • We have the same thing in Europe. Do you know my dad’s reaction to my paper?
    “You’re going crazy. You’re smart—use it to do business.”

    This mindset is deeply ingrained in us, and breaking free from it requires courage, determination, and willpower. I think the reasons for this are:

    1. When you begin to break free from the illusion, you feel intense anxiety almost immediately—you come face-to-face with the “monster under the bed.” (That’s the “chilling” emotion you’re experiencing.)
    2. The model can still function to some extent in the short term, so we don’t feel an urgent need to move away from it.

    It’s all about the long term. Humans are not, contrary to what modern economists want us to believe, “rational” beings, nor do they have true “intertemporal choice” awareness. These axioms that all modern economic theory is built upon is pure bullshit. Sure, you can create a mathematical model for anything to make it seem “serious” and “true,” but if the fundamental axioms it rests on are practically false, then the entire framework is a lie.


    I don’t know how old you are, but the more we are to have this epiphany, there is hope. All we will need, is to come together and unify at some time. About your country, the more Trump makes US people starves, the more they will raise. Don’t let him break you down. 💚


  • Thanks a lot for your time to engage.

    the fact that you can’t identify imperialism and how social democracy came to be and how it was replaced with neoliberalism

    Just to be sure I understand, are you saying, I don’t explain the evolution of society and how we arrived to this model? I actually based my work on the theory of Marcel Gauchet, on the “The Disenchantment of the World”, my opinion is that neoliberalism emerged as the easiest consensus we found to replace the vacuum of religion.

    I value all views and criticism, but:

    just makes it not worth the time.

    Is kind of dismissive and really opinionated, because you think your opinion is of more value than mine, you dismiss any chance for me to understand you or to explain myself.


  • I don’t deny it at all!

    you have by nature often one that is leading and others that prefer (or not) to follow

    I actually try to take that into account when I am speaking about sociological profile and say:

    So what does it tell us? It tells us we need to stop our autonomy and individualism nonsense. Because there are different sociological profiles, some people, like my father, have no interest in essayism, in critical thinking, in innovating or exploring new ideas. They want to sign a simple social contract that makes their life easier in exchange for their physical labour. End of the line.

    But I respect your choice of not going deeper into critical thinking, thanks for you time!