The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed moment for everyone

Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by fjabre on Friday January 29, 2021 @10:53AM (#25958546)

I think both sides are doing the same thing and pointing fingers at each other. That's my point. Market manipulation is just that, whether it's done by a privileged class on their iPhone 11s (i.e. the Reddit mob) or Hedge fund managers.

A privileged mob on reddit armed with Macbook pros does not equal the people sticking it to the man.

Reddit itself is part of the oligarchy everyone is railing against.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by jjj123 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:05PM (#25970732)

I don’t think you answered my question. I don’t disagree it’s market manipulation, and I agree no one is “sticking it to the man” here (though I’m always happy to see hedge funds lose 20 billion).

What I’m asking is why market manipulation is a bad thing, as long as it’s happening out in the open and everyone trading GME knows it’s a manipulated stock.

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