“We talk easy but these guys have the mortgage, the kids, the car payments and everything else we folks have.”
The difference is that if you are probably a decent person - so chances are, you wouldn’t look the other way if you saw some injustice, or deliberately harm someone through action or inaction.
Yep, they have a mortgage, kids...etc. They will do what they are told, and will not rock the boat.
If that means someone mostly innocent gets thrown in jail, or someone obviously guilty walks free, so be it.
Is this the profile one of the “good guys” you mentioned?
You’ve outlined the problem succinctly.
Did EVERY worker quit when it was found out Goldman was laundering drug money?
Wells Fargo lose all their workers when it was reported MILLIONS of fake accounts were made?
The makers of oxycodone lied about its addictiveness and nobody quit.
I would be a hypocrite to say i would have left one of my investment banks because of their wrongdoings.
That kind of bravey is great in the movies.
In real life, your wife leaves, you get ruined by higher ups, and become an alcoholic :)