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Sorry, I didn't want to come across as confrontational. Was just ranting in agreement.
I understand your frustration regarding the application of the discipline, and couldn't agree more.
The way I see it, and the reason I used the word "clergy" is because there are a few critical elements they have in common with priests and magi, more so than doctors, biologists and astronomers.
1.- They are the official thought-leaders of "what should be done" to reach our notion of "paradise" (in the past: heaven/afterlife; today: financial prosperity)
2.- They are extremely close to positions of political power and leadership of empires (like popes and archbishops back in the day)
3.- They study what society worships (in the past: god(s)/enlightenment/the good life; today: individual choice/wealth/money/power)
4.- They study esoteric mechanisms that are a black box to most ("magic") and have a fuzzy understanding about them themselves.
I think economics is instrumental to the growth of empires and by emergent design does things that don't help most people. Feeds them with everything they need to grow: (a means to get/make) slaves, lies and poison.
With the cheap labor they create through misery, the false promises they sustain through their theories and the monumental amount of poisonous goods and services they tell us we need to "stay productive", the economy is working perfectly fine as far as the most powerful people are concerned.
Maybe it's a stretch. idk. Just my thoughts. What do you think?