The Treasury and the Fed extracted their pound of flesh of course, but at the time were justly criticized for being too generous to shareholders facing the deserved loss of their wholehide.
It can also, admittedly, be pretty maddening since birds have a tendency to hide, and metabolisms and heightened senses of their own mortality that make them, on the whole, rather peripatetic creatures.
These trends make it easier to hide in the shadows: concealing a computer consultancy run from home is far simpler than concealing a whole computer factory.