<Don't blame the victim, Tom. There was genuine and widespread wrongdoing by smart people who knew their game better than the neophytes they sucked into it...neophytes whose only failing was to trust people our society holds up as worthy of trust.

You know: capitalists.

You use a broad brush against capitalists but then, what is the alternative to capitalism, socialism or communism? Seems they did more than just take people's money, they murdered almost 100 million people in the 20th century. Your paragraph is probably more fitting to them than to capitalists.

Capitalism is far from perfect, but it remains the single best method for running an economy and distributing resources. If you're going to lambast capitalism, then you should also give equal treatment to the possible alternatives. Be sure to look at the alternatives as they were actually practiced, not just the pretty sounding theory they frequently spout.