Wall Street psychopaths recklessly crash our economy, and we (the “miracle ferries”) bail them out again and again against our own best interests. It’s become our chief purpose (“That’s all we do”). We have eloquent complaints about policy and make articulate political forecasts, but contributing to the discourse requires us to participate in and support the very economic system that keeps the vicious cycle intact. Final section is a self-deprecating acknowledgement that he selfishly hopes he’ll be spared from anything too catastrophic (and somehow protected) given his race and social status.
Wall Street psychopaths recklessly crash our economy, and we (the “miracle ferries”) bail them out again and again against our own best interests. It’s become our chief purpose (“That’s all we do”). We have eloquent complaints about policy and make articulate political forecasts, but contributing to the discourse requires us to participate in and support the very economic system that keeps the vicious cycle intact. Final section is a self-deprecating acknowledgement that he selfishly hopes he’ll be spared from anything too catastrophic (and somehow protected) given his race and social status.