Ahhh but that is not «unbelievably stupid and short sighted and self interested», because it is not stupid for bankers, there are fascinating graphs that show an index of financial deregulation and banker pay and they are very closely correlated; probably because “financial deregulation” really means “turning a blind eye to fraud” and “banker pay” really means “the fruits of fraud”.

And bankers and similar people are not navel gazing and lazy; they have been funding right wing think-tanks, movement politicians, parties, newspapers, televisions, to push their version of political correctness, for DECADES.