> What could possibly be more dangerous to the world than a command economic system run on a global scale? > (One good answer: five evil traders on the 7th floor at Goldman Sachs.)

I didn't get that either. My reading of it was simply to answer the question of what could possibly be more dangerous? I don't think it's referencing any actual event, only pointing out that the western model is vulnerable to top-down destruction as well.

I think it's a bad point.