We have the same thing in Europe. Do you know my dad's reaction to my paper?
"You’re going crazy. You’re smart—use it to do business."
This mindset is deeply ingrained in us, and breaking free from it requires courage, determination, and willpower. I think the reasons for this are:
- When you begin to break free from the illusion, you feel intense anxiety almost immediately—you come face-to-face with the "monster under the bed." (That’s the "chilling" emotion you’re experiencing.)
- The model can still function to some extent in the short term, so we don’t feel an urgent need to move away from it.
It's all about the long term. Humans are not, contrary to what modern economists want us to believe, "rational" beings, nor do they have true "intertemporal choice" awareness. These axioms that all modern economic theory is built upon is pure bullshit. Sure, you can create a mathematical model for anything to make it seem "serious" and "true," but if the fundamental axioms it rests on are practically false, then the entire framework is a lie.
I don't know how old you are, but the more we are to have this epiphany, there is hope. All we will need, is to come together and unify at some time. About your country, the more Trump makes US people starves, the more they will raise. Don't let him break you down. 💚
Good luck as well! Thanks for your time, I will work on my speech shape haha :)