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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 43 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 11 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 34 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

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. Both comments also get cops on your ass as well (depending on where you live).

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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 2 points 18 hours ago

No, surely all will be good if we invest in so-called "AI", war and the distopian surveillance state. /s

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago

They don't even disguise it, praxeology is effectively theology without the metaphysics.