The energy crisis reveals a long-hidden intellectual crisis - the failure of a classe politique that has refined its intellectual inertia into a worldview, indeed, a form of moral supremacy. The merit order principle, meant to manage the transition to renewables, pays homage to a consumerist worldview, forgetting that markets thrive on abundance, not scarcity. As the energy supply chain falters, it's essential to create a knowledge network to grasp the complexity of energy consumption and production. Intellectual misery is not a party property - the failure to address the crisis stems from a lack of understanding, rather than greed or ideology. Keywords: Robert Habeck, Energiewende, Germany, de-industrializtion, Martin Burckhardt.