The language in this article highlights how important "financial professionals" view themselves and their peers...
"Extinction-level events" to describe the potential collapse of their hedge fund, when engaged in behavior designed to destroy companies (short selling), that ultimately results in thousands of lost jobs for the workers of said companies if the shorting of a stock is utterly successful. The arrogance is staggering. No wonder WallStreetBets are taking the fight to these short sellers.