The businessman, historically, had started as the victim of the
intellectuals; but no injustice or exploitation can succeed for long without
the sanction of the victim. The businessman, who could not accept the
intellectual leadership of post-Kantian Witch Doctors, made his fatal error
when he conceded to them the field of the intellect. He gave them the benefit
of the doubt, at his own expense: he concluded that their meaningless
verbiage could not be as bad as it sounded to him, that he lacked
understanding, but had no stomach for trying to understand that sort of stuff
and would leave it respectfully alone. No Witch Doctor could have hoped
for a deadlier concession.
