Just thinking about the contempt our politicians and press display for the public …

There’s a scene in the Wolf of Wall Street where Jordan Belfort is demonstrating the “art” of the hard sell to his stooges. Belfort is on the phone to a selected sucker and, while talking the sucker into buying junk shares, is ruthlessly mocking the sucker for the amusement of his stooges.

Rupert Murdoch is Belfort, MPs are his stooges and we are the sucker on the phone.

MPs are Belfort, the press pack are their stooges and we are the sucker on the phone.

The press pack is Belfort, we are their stooges and we are the sucker on the phone.

We are the suckers on the phone. We are the stooges. We are never Belfort.

(Originally written 02/07/2016)