Humiliatingly Ceremonial

In general, I’m not a fan of Goldman-bashing. But this, from Michael Lewis, is too funny:

That's perhaps the most curious trait of these ordinary Americans: you don't need to give them any money to lead them to hope that you might. Take Larry Summers, for instance. We both know that we would never actually employ even this surprisingly intelligent Mort in anything but the most humiliatingly ceremonial role. But he doesn't know that — and thus he has done so much for us.

It’s funny because it’s true.