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Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by luxuryballs on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:04AM (#25942817)
That sitting around playing drums and smoking doesn’t accomplish anything productive.
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by willis936 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:08AM (#25942868)
That’s called being civil. Would you prefer they instead break the law to have their voices heard? Do you want wall street suits to fear for their life?
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by minikites on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:12AM (#25942966)
>Do you want wall street suits to fear for their life?

Ideally yes, the rest of us are a missed paycheck or major health problem away from becoming homeless and there's no mathematical reason it has to be this way, it's just how we've structured our society.

Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by _jal on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:25AM (#25943227)
There was a murderous insurrection bent on overthrowing democracy about 3 weeks ago. I rather think tempers are high enough that you'd get a lot of affirmative answers right now.
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by willis936 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:47AM (#25943667)
1. It failed.

2. It was stupid.

3. It violated the principles of our society.

That is the point I’m trying to demonstrate. Solutions come from within, not without.

Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by minikites on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:16PM (#25946209)
You have it backwards, change cannot come from within. The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by minikites on Friday January 29, 2021 @10:19PM (#25965683)
(This is in no way an endorsement of the capitol insurrectionists. They don't want change. In fact, they're upset at change.)
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by andrepd on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:27AM (#25943275)
>Do you want wall street suits to fear for their life?

Well... yes? For less than what this guys did Louis XVI lost his head.

They can do what they want and suffer no consequences, of any sort. Neither economic (they get bailed out by us) nor personal (virtually nobody gets personally prosecuted and sent to jail). Why should they stop what they're doing? In their position, I wouldn't.

Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by djbebs on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:21AM (#25943111)
And now you see the necessity of violence to advance political goals.
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by willis936 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:24AM (#25943179)
I’ll see it only after a liberal party controls the executive and legislative branch in the absence of a filibuster failing to implement meaningful change.
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by tomp on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:41AM (#25943567)
The same liberal party that bailed out Wall Street last time?
Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by willis936 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:54AM (#25943788)
The very same. At least they have a branch of progressives and there is a pretense of moving towards a more fair ruleset.