Axe: Wags, you ever get tired of working for a living?
Wags: Every damn day, but I've got a nasty addiction called money. So, I do what I do. You?Axe: No! Never! Until today.
You know what they call us traders? "Gamblers".
The world economy is just one big casino fueled by a giant debt bubble and computer-driven derivatives.
There's only one thing better than being a gambler at a casino.
Wags: That's being the house.
Axe: That is right.
There's a systematized machine out there sucking capital from localities and injecting it into the global markets where it can be used to speculate and manipulate.
And if something goes wrong, there are bailouts, bail-ins, federal aid, and easing.
Where the government doesn't hunt you down, but instead gives you a nice soft net to land in.
Wags: That's your finals answer to the fireside chat?
You want to become a bank?
Axe: I want to become a bank.
Wags: In order to rob it?
Axe;
In order that I don't have to......And to sleep like they do [pointing to the bankers]
And to die in my own f#cking bed.