investors, n.All

Investors (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Madison's "stock-jobbers," who turned the republic of enlightened gentlemen into a system where gangsters use state power for their own benefit.