>Shit has changed in my lifetime because at least with the S&L
>scandals of the 80s people actually went to jail. It was
>unthinkable to send people to jail in 2008 though trillions of
>dollars were wiped away.

Any time you hear about an "old" scandal like that one, it sounds like... quaint now. Like men flipping out because a woman showed a bare shoulder in a movie. And as you point out, there were actual consequences.