I don't get my knowledge of history and politics from Hollywood.
The citizens had a LOT to do with that fiasco. Many perpetuated and took advantage of that scam with unbridled greed in mind. There were many to blame in that.
I'll take intelligence and yes greed, over heart any day of the week. Heart leads to irrational decisions and self destructive policies.
I dont get my knowledge from Hollywood either, dude, but I gave that link to provide an illustration of what was talked about.
I was following
Mish Shedlock back in the late 1990s when the folks were then concerned about a rumored "Dot com bubble" and then later as Mish and others grew concerned for the real estate bubble. The details regarding the real estate crash are all handled by the banks and the government as demand for more mortgages grew and other forms of credit so they could pile them into new MBS and similar securities based on derivative contracts.
I was following the use of the CDS to bank against losses then abused as simple gambling methods, with people taking out CDS as bets on contracts, securities and even other MBS that the buyer had no control or ownership in at all. That created an exponential increase in the risk of all these MBS which in turn were magnifying the losses of a real estate bubble crash itself.
So, I dont use movies to prove my case, I am just trying to help you to understand that the ******* corporations are the biggest piles of stupidity born from greed on the planet and a randomly selected 50 names out of the phone book could run this country better than they are, could or would.