No joke: Economists do kind of fulfill the role of priests in that they explain the “necessary [fake] world order” to the masses.
Saying “Capitalism is a bad system” gets you comparable comments from economists as “Gods don’t exist” gets you from priests in a religious society (if not worse).
Because economist and even business leaders don’t actually have any control over the economy. They try to predict it and make changes, but they have no real power as was shown by COVID and the Ukraine war.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 20 hours ago
… And wishful thinking!
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
So… religion
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
No joke: Economists do kind of fulfill the role of priests in that they explain the “necessary [fake] world order” to the masses.
Saying “Capitalism is a bad system” gets you comparable comments from economists as “Gods don’t exist” gets you from priests in a religious society (if not worse).
WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 16 hours ago
Because economist and even business leaders don’t actually have any control over the economy. They try to predict it and make changes, but they have no real power as was shown by COVID and the Ukraine war.
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 15 hours ago
They don’t even disguise it, praxeology is effectively theology without the metaphysics.