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Somnilac
Eddy Pfizer, chairman of Schmerck Pharmaceuticals, abruptly
cancelled his tantrum; he had not achieved his position without
listening, on occasion, to good advice and cutting his losses.
“All right.” He stood, suddenly weary and stooped. “You win.
Probably. My assistant will get back to you. Good day, gentlemen.”
The drug king and his amanuensis departed. Ball looked at Kant,
who was regarding Cado with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
That man, whose office was well-secured in the White House
basement, finally spoke.
“I think we’ve made our point. When Marx said ‘religion is the
opiate of the masses,’ he could not foresee the way capitalism would
finally assert itself over the industrial world. This kind of opiate is the
last thing we want the masses to have, and we must be religious in
making it unavailable.”
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