Marie Antoinette and the Masters of the Universe

Marie Antoinette and the Masters of the Universe

by digby

It’s hard to believe it’s real, but here is video evidence of Wall Streeters drinking champagne from a balcony as they watch the protesters walk by:

You cannot make this stuff up.

Wall Street has been like this from the very beginning of the financial crisis, going out of their way to scoff at average people in trouble in this economy. (“We’re doing God’s work!”)I guess they just don’t see any need to keep a low profile and ride this out without inflaming the polloi. These “winners” want to rub their noses in it.

They just keep proving over and over again, in so many different ways, that they aren’t as smart as they think they are.

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