It’s a sickness in us, yearning for peace. We search for a cure, end up only being entertained by barkers and charlatans. The only true salvation is knowledge, but we humans are crafty businessmen.
We put price tags on knowledge, and when people can’t afford the costs we fabricate imaginary systems of loaning money for you to go to school, which in turn inflates the costs and value of said knowledge.
Do you want to know who the false prophets are? They’re the assholes that come around proclaiming they have touchy-feely answers. And if you act fast you can have it for a lifetime of easy payments of pittance dollars and cents.
Yoko Ono is in the business of art. She released the movie Bed-In for a few weeks because it’s a good business move. Traveling around the world to preach requires money.
Barack Obama is in the business of democracy. Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, and Sarah Palin are in the business of political machining. CNN and Fox News are in the business of news. The assholes hanging around the Tea Party are in the business of selling you gold trinkets and badly written bullshit. Hosni Mubarak and Farouk al-Sharaa are in the business of stability. Scott Harrison is in the business of charity. Harvey Levin is in the business of gossip. Mark Zuckerberg is in the business of time. James Skinner is in the business of real estate. California is in the business of pot stores. Jayceon Taylor is in the business of middling bullshit. Al Sharpton is in the business of racism. Benny Hinn is in the business of church. Mom is in the business of robot oil. Anonymous is in the business of protesting. Everyone is in the business of living.
What is peace? But a business. Who are we? But being sold. And business is good.
