Band of Brokers

They fight only for themselves, not from duty or principle and certainly not for a country or people or anyone else. Only for number one, and that big cash payoff that makes them feel all giddy inside. 

But the thrill doesn't last and the thrill is the point, so they always want more. Though they act only for themselves in the aggregate they control nations, by manipulation. Entire polities, with their greed. 

It's the Band of Brokers. Anyone who acts without brutal selfishness, and who doesn't win at it, at that, is a sucker. Most of us are suckers. They're the predators and we're the product, or prey, a sucker nation.