I think you will find that many of these were arguably "financial elite insiders" the whole time. Worse, if you read too long, it is very easy to get sucked in

I think you will find that many of these were arguably "financial elite insiders" the whole time. Worse, if you read too long, it is very easy to get sucked into the narrative that they were the stooges for the actual insiders that still made out with the bank.