Except everyone knows about that sub and it does little but get the hopes of the working poor up, who then lose what little savings they have on some yolo being pushed by a more well off individual whose just having fun.

Oh, I'm just saying the language surrounding WSB sounds a lot like fight club. Sorry, I could've made the connection more explicit.

If you put forward a theory like this about Wall Street, markets in general, capitalism in general, or the political system we have, you're an 'extremist'. When it comes to a bunch of people goofing around with meme stocks on a subreddit, suddenly lots of people turn into champions of the 'working poor'.

Pump and dumps have been illegal for decades

A tale as old as time.