‘Exploitation is the spiritual language of profit,’ Idriss began sadly. The students, who’d heard Idriss riff before, were already beginning to nod their heads in time to his ontological poetry. ‘Oppression is the spiritual language of tyranny,’ Idriss said. The students began to mumble, wakening to Idriss’s chant. ‘Hypocrisy is the spiritual language of greed,’ Idriss continued. ‘Ruthlessness is the spiritual language of power, and bigotry is the spiritual language of fear.’
