Letter to Paul Krugman

Friday, January 29, 2016

Letter to Paul Krugman

Dear Paul

Normally, I would have posted this letter on the comment section for the NYT. However, the comment section was closed by 8:30 AM PDT after only 429 comments. This is an insult to West Coast subscribers, and readers of the NYT.

Just for clarity, Paul, I was a completely confused Marine when you were born. But I have known for the past 50 years or so that there are no "American" oligarchs. There are just oligarchs. They infest every nation and they have been "so powerful" for as long as any history we have knows. Today, they infest and control what is known as The Establishment, and make no mistake, this is a world around operation.

Today's column appears to be the third establishment propaganda advertisement in a row that is masquerading behind what seems to be a liberal/progressive front. Amazing!

It is becoming apparent, now that "conflagrations are strong" or "the fat is in the fire", that your brand of liberal/progressive is only a halfway thing. When the going gets tough, your brand of progressive dresses up in its pragmatism suit and, congratulating its self on how smart it is, goes for the half-loaf.

I am sure that you are sincere and that you believe what you put in this column, "Plutocrats and Prejudice" in the 1/29/16 issue of the NYT.  However, it is not just "...an unacceptably downbeat vision?", it is loaded with innuendo and superficial half truths. Unlike you Paul!

For example, "the Sanders view is that money is the root of all evil. Or more specifically, the corrupting influence of big money, of the 1 percent and the corporate elite, is the overarching source of the political ugliness we see all around us."

First, "money" is simply the concrete manifestation of energy or power. And so it is not money, but the Love of money or Power that is the root of all evil. It's about Greed, Power, Exclusivity, and Divine Rights,  Paul.

 All of the other "evils" to which you allude, "racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice are powerful forces in their own right." True. However, these kinds of insanities are simply the effects of exclusivity, greed and separation. They have always been used as levers or weapons by the super powerful, exclusive few, the old kings and rulers, and the contemporary billionaire would be rulers to keep the not worthy humans in their cages.

This next comment is really off the wall. "On the other hand, if the divisions in American politics aren’t just about money, if they reflect deep-seated prejudices that progressives simply can’t appease, such visions of radical change are naïve. And I believe that they are."

Well, your use of the word "appease" is certainly revelatory. Those of our brothers and sisters who for thousands of years have been struggling with the forces of exclusivity, the progenitors and cultivators of slavery, which, by the way includes, sexism, have never been interested in appeasing these "deep seated" evils. From Socrates through Jesus, A. Lincoln, and countless other Heroes unknown and known, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, FDR., Truman, the Kennedy brothers, and MLK, these men and women were interested only in eradication of the evil force. They spent their lives in the pursuit of "Real Change" rather than the appeasement or halfwayness which you are espousing.

It is this desire for halfwayness that is naïve, Paul. Those interested in maintaining their control over humanity by the accumulation of money/power and the weakening of any levers of freedom and liberty are not in the least interested in any kind of halfwayness. They are not even remotely interested in right human relations, the Common Good or General Welfare. However, they love to hear the halfway strategy coming from the so-called pragmatists. It is the half open door to their continuing survival.

Finally, this comment, "And isn’t there something noble, even inspiring, about fighting the good fight, year after year, and gradually making things better?"

Actually Paul, no there is nothing about working toward a goal that gradually will make things better that is inspiring, let alone noble. To begin with, it won't make things better. It will simply maintain the imbalances in different clothes. To "fight the good fight" we need to be focused on total victory and not be halfway defeated before we even start.

None of those whom I mentioned above were interested in halfwayness. They were totally committed, and they spent all they had for their vision without regards to results. They were, and those of us who are involved, are striving for complete victory.

Long ago a wise brother observed, "People's striving is always measured by their service either to Light or darkness. By this may be judged their destination in life. Thus, the worst of all is halfway thinking and halfway striving. The destroyers always build upon halfway striving. There is nothing worse than a halfway servitor, for he screens himself by halfwayness. Therefore a direct enemy of Light is preferred by Us. We do not admit into the great battles the small worms that crawl in the mist." Hierarchy #302

"In legends giants crossed the seas, breaking off monolithic rocks. Let us resemble the giants and our thoughts the monoliths. Let us dispel any timid halfwayness, as otherwise it will take possession of us and deliver us to a shameful execution by beating with accounting books. We know monolithic thinking. When, think monolithically." New Era Community #238

Check it out Paul. The position your pushing has not and never will achieve freedom and justice for all.

Lots of love

-tom