"I don't believe you should blame bankers in the UK."

Greedy bastards paid themselves enormous "bonuses" for wrecking the banks they had control of. I imagine that's true in both countries, and yes, we should certainly blame them. But blaming them doesn't in itself mend what they have done, or reduce the danger that faces us.

I think Peter Mandelson's infamous comment in 1998 "We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich" sums up the mindset that lay behind the shared ideology of those people who have wrecked our economy and corrupted our political system.

The frightening thing is that this is the kind of perfect storm that enabled Hitler to come to power in what was assumed to be a civilised and humane country.