| Another example of 'business' as 'shadow government':
When alcoholic beverage revenue dried up as a result of Prohibition, a handful of folks in the industry quietly launched a campaign to fight back. They formulated a plan to convince the Great Unwashed that their freedoms were in jeopardy, hired operatives to carry out the plan, and carefully hid their tracks. You know the rest.
The only freedoms the alcohol industry cared about at the time was the freedom to make money. The rest was a carefully executed marketing campaign to achieve a goal.
Business is enjoying their association with moralists due to the revenue stream generated from recent surges in religious-themed books, articles and entertainment. Once revenue for this profit center begins to decline, business will focus on something else.
Moralists are allowed off their leash when it is financially expedient to do so. When crusaders get greedy and compete with commerce, they get knocked back into place. |