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From the follow up movie to Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps: Gordon Gekko: "I've been considered a pretty smart guy and maybe I was in prison too long. But som

From the follow up movie to Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps: Gordon Gekko: "I've been considered a pretty smart guy and maybe I was in prison too long. But sometimes it's the only place to stay sane and look out through those bars and say, 'Is everybody out there nuts?!" This is where we are with today's situation, only true outsiders can escape the lies and moral values of our times. I don't think that 'intellectuals' help, they are on the same kool aid. Even Nelson Mandela thought that going to war in Afghanistan was the right thing to do.

ivan_ah 13y ago
> I don't think that 'intellectuals' help... A lot of criticism of the financial sector is dismissed with arguments like "it's more complicated than that" and "you don't understand." So I guess by "intellectual," I meant someone who can see through the layers of complexity and find the weak spot. I think this might require more of an insider position rather than outsider.