"Yes, it’s a thing I tend to do." Oscar sighed. "It’s the basic American way. It’s my only real path to legitimacy. With serious money, I can finance candidates, run court challenges, set up foundations. It’s no use wandering around the margins with our bears and tambourines, dancing for pennies. Cognition will become an industry soon. A massive, earthshaking, new American industry. Someday, the biggest ever."