Project alert! I would be a bit careful with self-dealing condescending air of superiority.
So, either you are one of the crooks or in the employ of the crooks or have an awful lot to gain from this.
The more reasonable position, that most are taking is, first, absolute horror. Second, if it is really really necessary, then we want concessions including that the crooks who did this repay their debt to society. Third - honesty from our government and its officials.
What we have no tolerance for is this superior oozing condescension that we - the little people - are too unsophisticated to understand what is in our own best interests. We know when our pockets are being picked and we know the names of some of the people doing the picking. And that is enough.