Political thinking is 'essential thinking'; economic thinking is essential thinking also, but different. We must learn the difference.

Political thinking is essential thinking; economic thinking is also essential, but different. To be metaphorical, Political thinking involves the Pot, the 'shape' of the Pot; economic thinking involves the 'contents' of the Pot. It not easy to keep the two separate, but its necessary, lest we become a 'Plutocracy'. The only way to 'protect' a Democracy is to 'think democratically'. If our thinking is 'slipping' into Plutocracy, its difficult to recover. To be sure, its difficult, but not impossible. We must focus on the 'motor'; or, the 'motivations' that 'move' the two phenomena. Politics is about democracy; democracy is about the Freedom and Equality of the 'Real Individuals' at the Bottom of Government. I said Real Individuals, not Legal Fictions. Legal Fictions have their place in the economy and we must be very careful about our ruminations about them. To be sure, we cannot transform them into 'human beings'. They are economic in nature; unreal; they are not 'human beings'. they are fictional. Nevertheless, they are essential to the economy. Corporations are essential to the Pot, but they are not the Pot. The Pot is 'democracy in action'. The Pot is about governing 'real People' in Freedom and Equality. Whereas, the economy is about Profits, money, and Size. The economy belongs in the Pot, but it doesn't have the 'wherewithal' to Govern a political entity. An economy can never Govern, but being a legal Fiction in a Democracy, it should help the 'democratic process'. That should be the economy's sole function. The 1% are living in Alice in Wonderland, they don't exist in a Real Democracy: they exist in an 'Autocracy', where the 'Autocrat' is 'Profits and Money'. Its time that the Pot be full, but its time that the Pot be a Real democracy, so that it can hold a vibrant economy. But, the 'Real People' also have obligations, viz., they need to 'turn loose' of Profits and Money, as the 'sole Ideal', and they need to 'feel' a 'Real' 'Freedom and Equality'. The Pot should be Full, but the 'Fullness' cannot govern us. Where are the Real Politicians?