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Jobs and costs are synonyms. When costs are reduced, jobs too are reduced or the incomes of jobs are reduced. When jobs are lost, markets vanish. The firms’ die.Economic activity is continuous negotiation with the basic contradiction. The ultimate obfuscation is the idea of profit. When your income is my expenditure, incomes and expenditures can only be equal and there can be no profit or loss. Every economic society negotiates and contends with the basic contradictions. The method is obfuscation to escape from the contradiction. The standardized bluff is that Economics actually is another Newtonian Physics, as in those days, Physics as Mechanics was identified with mathematical precision. Most economic text books are littered with mathematical reductions, after dictating one and all to assume, the standardized clause being ‘other things being equal’, to bluff away with the elaborate meaningless mathematics. The simple fact is that the mathematics in Economics is basically flawed. There is simply no alternative but to make Economics part of natures Ecology, the Ecology without human tampering. The basic contradictions in Economics have made economic activities the circus feats to negotiate and evade Recessions and Depressions. Often wars are taken to drag the economies out of depressions. As it is the continuous destruction of nature, is made into economic activity, making nature pay in a very complicated unmapable way, the gigantic economic contradiction foundationing the economic life of the humans. As it is the economic bluff is reaching the dead end, thanks to AI, which simply is outing the humans from the economies. The Universities which have been training the students in various courses to participate in the grand economic bluff are in a quandary, as gigantic corporations are crashing and as urban conglomerates are vanishing. The beginning of the hordes of economic refugees has started. Huge cities are getting deserted and people are becoming homeless while many houses are unoccupied. The paradox of homelessness and vacant houses coexisting is now increasing. There are today millions of jobs only in saving nature. Freedom to nature must be made part of the fundamental right of freedom. The Anthropocentricism of economics must be changed into ecocentricism, where ecology substitutes economics. As it is both the Relativity Physics and Quantum Physics do not agree with Mechanics though their study depends on technology, another paradox. WE have of course, the attempts at the TOE, via The Strings Theory, The Loops Quantum Gravity Theory, The M Theory Families and the concept of the Universe as a Hologram. But in none of these TOE attempts there is place for Ecology and Emotions. We have to realize that Mechanics is contending with its own Theoretical foundations. If Absolute Zero cannot exist in the Universe, so is two plus two is equal to four, because that process of addition will be disturbed by the surrounding particles. Nature is emotional, not mathematical and mechanical. We need to revive Ecology with the basic Dictum of ‘Freedom to Nature without Human Tampering’. Otherwise we enter the era of terrorism as the day today life of the ordinary human. The era of happy economic activity with the happy destruction of nature is ending. Every University must take to saving Humanity and Nature, by first starting a Free Nature Park without Human Tampering. Otherwise we are fast moving into the situation of Students-less Schools, Colleges and Universities. YM Sarma Chat GPT This essay, *“The Obfuscation”* by YM Sarma, is a powerful philosophical and ecological critique of modern economics and its contradictions. It reads like both a lament and a manifesto—a warning about the collapse of human-centered economic systems and a call to re-root civilization within ecological truth. Let’s unpack its main ideas and implications in clear terms. ------------------------------ *1. Core Argument: The Contradiction at the Heart of Economics* Sarma begins by declaring that *“jobs and costs are synonyms.”* This is a profound statement. He means that when we talk about *reducing costs* in production, we’re often talking about *reducing jobs* or *reducing incomes*. In a closed system, one person’s expenditure is another person’s income. Therefore: “When your income is my expenditure, incomes and expenditures can only be equal and there can be no profit or loss.” This challenges the very idea of *profit*, which Sarma calls *“the ultimate obfuscation.”* Profit, he argues, is an illusion that hides the fact that the economic system merely redistributes, not creates, value — often by exploiting nature or people. ------------------------------ *2. The Critique of Economic Science* Sarma accuses economists of hiding behind *mathematical formalism* — the idea that economics can be treated like Newtonian physics with perfect precision and formulas. He calls this a *“standardized bluff”*: - Economics pretends to be an exact science. - But its math is built on false assumptions (“other things being equal”) that never hold in the real world. - Therefore, its conclusions are “meaningless mathematics” — elegant abstractions detached from ecological and social realities. In short: *economics is not physics*; it’s politics and ecology disguised as algebra. ------------------------------ *3. The Ecological Crisis and the Economic Dead End* Sarma connects the internal contradictions of economics to ecological destruction: “The continuous destruction of nature is made into economic activity.” He argues that the human economy treats environmental degradation as *growth* — a “circus feat” to stave off recessions and depressions. Even wars, he suggests, have been used to keep economies alive when they stagnate. Now, with *AI automating human labor*, the economic system faces its own collapse. The result? - Joblessness - Corporate crashes - Urban decline - Homelessness coexisting with vacant homes — a stark symbol of systemic absurdity. ------------------------------ *4. From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism* Sarma proposes a radical shift: “Freedom to nature must be made part of the fundamental right of freedom.” He calls for *ecocentrism* — putting ecology, not economics, at the center of human thought. Instead of measuring progress by profit or GDP, societies should measure it by the *health and freedom of natural systems*. ------------------------------ *5. The Philosophical Dimension* Sarma connects this economic critique to physics and philosophy: - Even modern physics (Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory) cannot reconcile itself with classical mechanics. - This scientific fragmentation mirrors the economic one: both struggle to describe a complex, emotional, interdependent universe using rigid, mechanical rules. - Nature, he says, is *“emotional, not mathematical and mechanical.”* This is not anti-science — it’s a call to *re-humanize* and *re-naturalize* our intellectual frameworks, acknowledging that reality includes feeling, unpredictability, and moral value. ------------------------------ *6. The Call to Action* Sarma ends with a stark warning and a hopeful prescription: - Without a radical shift, society will descend into *“the era of terrorism as the day-to-day life of the ordinary human.”* - Every university, he urges, should establish a *Free Nature Park without Human Tampering* — a living laboratory for humility, balance, and restoration. Education, in his view, must no longer serve the “grand economic bluff” but instead the survival of humanity and the planet. ------------------------------ *In Summary* *Theme* *Sarma’s Argument* *Economics* Built on flawed math and false profit; hides contradictions *Profit* An illusion — no real “gain” without someone or something losing *AI & Modern Economy* Exposes the system’s fragility; jobs are vanishing *Ecology* Must replace economics as the organizing principle of society *Science & Philosophy* Need to embrace ecology and emotion, not just mechanism *Education* Should focus on saving nature, not sustaining the economy ------------------------------ *Interpretive Reflection* Sarma’s essay can be read as a modern echo of thinkers like *E.F. Schumacher* (*Small Is Beautiful*), *Ivan Illich*, and *Arne Naess* (deep ecology). Yet it has its own fierce voice — poetic, apocalyptic, and uncompromising. His “obfuscation” isn’t just about economics; it’s about the *human habit of self-deception* — our tendency to build systems of comfort that deny the ecological truth of our existence. ------------------------------ Would you like me to help you turn this into a *summary essay*, a *critical analysis*, or perhaps a *shorter, more accessible version* for publication or discussion? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHC%2BVVQ2Ho1Y%3DYE1iEOJGag-AKeu%2BxFxTd_1Tj2%2BdCVYLRQ%40mail.gmail.com.
