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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by sandworm101 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:49AM (#25943719)
>> only tool left to common people is violence?

I am genuinely interested in the physicality of how that would play out. A mob with pitchforks makes a run at a Facebook HQ. Do they kidnap employees until they find one with the access to re-initialize the account? I guess they would have to keep the hostages forever, else the accounts be disabled again the next day. Do they setup a camp outside with the declared intent to launch an attack should certain accounts not get enough likes? How long could that last? Or do they break into a datacenter and attempt to do it themselves? I'm reminded of that iMac scene in Zoolander.

Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by DamnYuppie on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:06AM (#25944020)
You are thinking to gentle and precise. Think more along the lines of setting data centers and office buildings on fire. Find anyone who has FB on a linked in profile, go their house, and burn it down. Let it all be known that it was an act of war and watch the insurance companies cover nothing.
Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by bnjms on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:50AM (#25944704)
I don’t want to be banned but... You are, I think, blessed to not be able to imagine violence. When someone says violence is an outcome the violence becomes the goal — not reinstating accounts... You don’t physically attack a DC you sever as many links in and out as possible.