An insane person is someone who keeps doing the same thing (investing in the stock market) and expecting the same result (becoming wealthy) only it never works out that way. Yet, they keep right on doing it.
Wall Street is corrupt. Always was and always will be. No politician is going to change it. Not in 1987. Not in 2001 and not in 2008.
You'd be better off investing your money with drug dealers or art thieves.
Eventually one day, after you've lost your shirt, you'll get over it. Notice that the windows on the AIG building are mirrors?