People talk about Wall Street greed, but one of the things many people don't understand is that there are a lot of organizations that have been the recipient of largess from the same Wall Street.
The monied interests are doing what they do best - making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do best - use our voices, our vigor, and our votes.
The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.
If you remove the fear of criminal punishment for the nation's political and financial elites - as we have done - what possible constraint on their behavior does anyone think will remain?
No hypocrisy is too great when economic and financial elites are obliged to defend their interest.
I much more enjoy the company of freedom fighters and justice campaigners than I do the company of hedge fund managers.
Davos is an extravagant bun-fight of the vanities, where the 'haves' gather to strike deals with the 'have-mores.'
What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.
