The distracted masses

Politicians and the controllers of the herd,
keep the slaves of civilization distracted.
Celebrity culture, the Oscars, sport, Eurozone,
constant financial crises that are hard to understand.
Protests, crime, unfairness, the media generated sense
of injustice, bankers and politicians making millions while
the slaves suffer! Mr. Gurdjieff advised that in these times,
rather than making things harder, it is especially possible to
do the work. When the crowd is serving the purposes of their
controllers, and their attention is distracted
and pointing away from esoteric ideas.