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Re:A year on, GameStop champion Roaring Kitty is quiet, yet ... by giantg2 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:23AM (#30177913)
"The sad part is that we could actually solve some real problems by coordinating collective action on, say, starting a new city that's designed around non-motorized transit within the city limits."

The incentives are different. The people trying to get rich quick are not likely to do hard work to make/grow a city. Hell, it's hard enough to get people to do the simple act of voting (especially in primaries) or going to municipal or school board meetings.

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Re:A year on, GameStop champion Roaring Kitty is quiet, yet ... by boringg on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:39AM (#30178140)
Agree the cost of the first statement is quite high (time and money) where as clicking to buy a stock for a couple hundred bucks is not much effort at all.

While it is sad that we can't get civic engagement higher I don't think you can equate these problems at all.

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Re:A year on, GameStop champion Roaring Kitty is quiet, yet ... by giantg2 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @10:09AM (#30178573)
"While it is sad that we can't get civic engagement higher I don't think you can equate these problems at all."

That's my entire point - you're not going to get engagement from the vast majority of the GameStop people if it doesn't involve a get rich quick value proposition.

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