Letter to Paul Krugman

Dear Paul.

The following statement was made by a reader, Baron95 Westport, CT, in response to your comments in yesterday's NYT article, “Twin Peaks Planet”.

“There is no possible economical justification to pay an unskilled worker at, say, an UAW plant $75/hr (including benefits) as was the case in 2007, when hundreds of millions of workers are willing and capable to do the same work for less than 1/10th that. None.”

This remark encapsulates the consciousness with which we are dealing. This individual is an ignoramus. He is what we would call intelligent, no doubt; however, he is so enmeshed in the delusory notions of competition, of the separation of individuals according to their ability to take what they want to demonstrate their own sense of what they believe makes them be worthy, or valuable, or someone, that he is simply incapable of seeing reality. He dearly believes, with all of his breath, the remarks he made above.

He is not to blame for his insanity, or delusions. He is living according to the very foundations of our the planet’s historical economic systems. These foundations are, as I think you know, based in the illusory concept of reality that posits a one dimensional dense physical plane reality where the fit, i.e. the ones with the most power, however power is manifested, survive and rightfully dominate and rule the planet for their personal benefit. This is God’s Rule. God meant it to be this way. Just ask anyone of them.

Science does not matter a wit with these folks. “If it is not broke, do not fix it”, and it is obviously working very well for them. Even while it destroys the planet.

I appreciate that  you are a professor, that you have any number of credentials and degrees, are a Nobel prize winner, highly respected in spite of not being heard by the ignoramuses. But, Paul, you spend your energy dealing with the effects of insanity rather than the causes of it.

The foundations, the idiotic assumptions regarding the way the world works that support these insane individuals, for the good of all of us, need to be confronted on the plane of common sense, of logic, of science. These problems can’t be fixed by some new “liberal” economic program. We desperately need NEW ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS based on scientific evidence of cause and effect.

We spend our time and energy talking about the effects of effects. The root cause is the conception of reality. This needs to be straightened out.

You have a voice. Please use it to bring some Light into the conversation.

Sincerest regards

A brother.

-tom