i don't assign much value to friendship in capitalism. it's kind of an impossibility. everybody's just trying to take advantage of you. you can pretend people care about you for as long as it takes to knife you in the back, but you're just opening yourself up to exploitation.

if you have anything of any value, you cannot have real friends in this society. i've tried. it's impossible. i prefer not to delude myself.

but, i'm not the hegemon; i'm an aloof artist. i can't run the world by myself. and i don't want to to.