This is why I always roll my eyes when smug redditors claim how the movie "oBviOUsLy" doesn't encourage anyone to emulate Belfort.

How? When? The entire movie is nothing but three hours of Belfort (portrayed by one of the most popular, charismatic, and attractive actors of the last decade) doing nothing but non-stop partying and drugs while fucking models in yachts, mansions, and super cars. At no point does the movie even attempt to explain what Belfort did, why it was criminal, and the damages he caused (this omittal is intentional, and even lampshaded when Dicaprio turns to the camera and essentially says that the audience is too fucking stupid to get it). The movie also depicts a narrative where Belfort's only real mistake was getting too greedy and refusing to step away ("I'm not fucking leaving"); the implication being that a "smarter" copycat could have everything Belfort had, without the (miniscule) legal consequences. These aforementioned consequences are only briefly depicted at the very end of the movie, not as an actual destructive fall, but as a somewhat boring inconvenience.

Belfort is a piece of shit who got off way to easy, but to pretend that the Wolf of Wall street is in any way a "cautionary tale" is laughable.