If you can convince one person to recognize the risks and DO SOMETHING about it, then you achieved your goal. We're a big family and we have to look out for each other. Not everyone will like my presentation or approach.
Never stop talking about it, because this is going to suck.. and it will suck less if more people are prepared.
Apr 19, 2023·edited Apr 20, 2023Liked by Theodore Atkinson
Bingo. Exactly. I just want to help. I am learning to help myself and share what i learned. It is not inconsequential, just intimidating in the face of better researchers/writers.
" almost everything we learned about money and the economy is misleading or wrong — intentionally...." Well, in economics I tried to say "intentional." I reevaluated. I found that it did not work and I backed off. I do not say: intentional. Since my field is economics, or ECONO, I don't know about money and finance. I agree that what they (university persons and also the culture in general) are telling us is fundamentally wrong --- specifically that the whole phase of capitalistic society is individualistic and "self-" oriented. From my point of view, it sounds stupid. Believing as I do, it follows that any idea that capitalism is "private" is wrong. It was set up that way to promote individualism, which is just a theory persons may have about life. Many conservatives have always held in favor of individualism, because they loath to see us as connected (to each other). It is a view, that is all. They are within their rights. It is a major view in the West. Western people tend to be individualistic. I worry that all the money is flowing towards them, too. In economics, though, it becomes the idea of "private," capitalism, or that capitalism is individualistic and self-interested. Actually, there are only a few terms involved. But they get away with it. They say everything in economics (and by extension life itself) is "private." I think that is absurd, because capitalism does not work that way. And they used to always say "we do not want regulation." Well, it is pretty obvious where that leads. So, we find that, from very early on, the ones teaching us about economics characterized the economic system as being "private," or they say: "self-interested." I know it is not true, it is far from the truth. However, I did not let myself call it "intentional." Maybe it is hard for you to resist; maybe you cannot help it. What I am saying is I have been in this field for twenty years or so, and I just want you to know that long ago I evaluated this and re-evaluated and as a result I stopped calling these mistakes intentional. There is an enormous diffusion of wrong ideas in economics, but I do not say it is "intentional." It seemed to me that it was too negative or too emotional, and it is just not right. But I guess kindness too is a more difficult thing to sustain today! As said: So, maybe you cannot help yourself. Look at it historically, however. While all the major intellectual figures in economics have been fully agreed that capitalism should mean Individual, private, etc. this could just be mass delusion! It is a wrong theory, and sadly never corrected by human intelligence. But "intentional"? Nah.... It says something about the pervasiveness of ideology and the weakness of intelligence as a component of culture but it does not mean all of it was intentional (malicious). Well ---- that was my official view as of about fifteen years ago. I have not changed it.
You see? It's shit like this that gives me pause to write and contribute. Everyone does it SO MUCH BETTER.
I ain't mad. js
Love your work.
The message needs to be spread far and wide.
If you can convince one person to recognize the risks and DO SOMETHING about it, then you achieved your goal. We're a big family and we have to look out for each other. Not everyone will like my presentation or approach.
Never stop talking about it, because this is going to suck.. and it will suck less if more people are prepared.
Bingo. Exactly. I just want to help. I am learning to help myself and share what i learned. It is not inconsequential, just intimidating in the face of better researchers/writers.
LOL!
I just realized, Maneco64 is a creator i follow. Mad props.
I use to watch him every day haha
I left YT intentionally. I refuse to give Google more ad traffic. I will however, in THIS case, share your post because it's SO important.
https://gab.com/TheRealBaconCommander/posts/110230086651437433
" almost everything we learned about money and the economy is misleading or wrong — intentionally...." Well, in economics I tried to say "intentional." I reevaluated. I found that it did not work and I backed off. I do not say: intentional. Since my field is economics, or ECONO, I don't know about money and finance. I agree that what they (university persons and also the culture in general) are telling us is fundamentally wrong --- specifically that the whole phase of capitalistic society is individualistic and "self-" oriented. From my point of view, it sounds stupid. Believing as I do, it follows that any idea that capitalism is "private" is wrong. It was set up that way to promote individualism, which is just a theory persons may have about life. Many conservatives have always held in favor of individualism, because they loath to see us as connected (to each other). It is a view, that is all. They are within their rights. It is a major view in the West. Western people tend to be individualistic. I worry that all the money is flowing towards them, too. In economics, though, it becomes the idea of "private," capitalism, or that capitalism is individualistic and self-interested. Actually, there are only a few terms involved. But they get away with it. They say everything in economics (and by extension life itself) is "private." I think that is absurd, because capitalism does not work that way. And they used to always say "we do not want regulation." Well, it is pretty obvious where that leads. So, we find that, from very early on, the ones teaching us about economics characterized the economic system as being "private," or they say: "self-interested." I know it is not true, it is far from the truth. However, I did not let myself call it "intentional." Maybe it is hard for you to resist; maybe you cannot help it. What I am saying is I have been in this field for twenty years or so, and I just want you to know that long ago I evaluated this and re-evaluated and as a result I stopped calling these mistakes intentional. There is an enormous diffusion of wrong ideas in economics, but I do not say it is "intentional." It seemed to me that it was too negative or too emotional, and it is just not right. But I guess kindness too is a more difficult thing to sustain today! As said: So, maybe you cannot help yourself. Look at it historically, however. While all the major intellectual figures in economics have been fully agreed that capitalism should mean Individual, private, etc. this could just be mass delusion! It is a wrong theory, and sadly never corrected by human intelligence. But "intentional"? Nah.... It says something about the pervasiveness of ideology and the weakness of intelligence as a component of culture but it does not mean all of it was intentional (malicious). Well ---- that was my official view as of about fifteen years ago. I have not changed it.