fuck all these reddit nerds who think buying stocks is a form of rebellion. it's truly pathetic.

  • budoguytenkaichi [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    If it causes these people even momentary discomfort, which it did, I consider it a win personally. That's how low my standards are at this point because of how depressing things are in America.

    • ocho [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      If you read about the Citadel, Melvin and Robinhood connection, you'd see that really this was just a big move to consolidate a smaller hedge fund into a bigger hedge fund, with r/wsb being a front to do all that movement.

      https://twitter.com/toxic/status/1353890766800621569?s=21 It's a rabbit hole that few people are talking about, which is funny because manufacturing consent is like a meme to us lol

        • ocho [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          That was my reaction too when someone posted it in the mega thread but it didn't receive much attention smh

          But the narrative stuck didn't it lmao

            • ocho [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              We won't know anything concrete until the dust settles but if Citadel is like 4x bigger by then, it won't be much of a surprise lol

              Also thank you for posting that, I felt like I was going crazy looking for some deeper meaning or explanation to all this other than "hedge fund bad, reddit fight big hedge fund". Spared me my sanity lmao

      • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I wouldn’t say your first point was the intention, but is certainly a benefit. This is a good thread for anyone interested in getting acquainted with some of the behind the scenes action

        • ocho [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          oof yeah I'll concede that, my point anyways is there's deeper shit going on that we missed lol

    • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      it gave rich shits a moment of worry, but what is more likely to happen is more people will think they can win big too and theyll lose at the Wall Street casino