Sounds like he is projecting a lot of self hatred and correspondingly negative world view with his ummm... rhetoric. Narcissist? Operative definition of an active addict. Reality is some much more shade of grey than that. Greed can become systemic and out of control (a sort of lemming effect), but I don't think that is the case here. Most career executives who make it to the top do so because they are balance leaders who actually give a shat, despite media coverage that stigmatized public perception. To butcher Churchill; capitalism is the worst form of market organization, with the exception of all the rest. We have the ability to learn from this and it will be interesting to find out what happened when all this settles. Those images of oil covered birds and sea life should give us all pause for reflection, as we consumers are complicit to the extent we know there is always a risk of something like this happening regardless of every conceivable precaution being taken.