There’s a problem when guys like Elon Musk are getting in the game too. It’s not that hard to see wealthy people manipulate the frustrations of people to make a little extra bank.

That’s the frustrating thing about this. I agree and sympathize with the sentiment, but the execution was always going to lead to this.…

The problem with burning down the house is that you end up causing a shit ton of collateral damage in the process. Easy to say that behind a computer screen, but in actual practice...

That’s my point. A lot of kids are screaming about capitalism, and maybe ultimately that’s a good thing, but I find it hard to see wsb as anything other than being part of the problem than the solution.

Sure. But again I think it’s far more complex than that. Absolutely white supremacy is the cause of this, but I don’t simply view white supremacy in terms of nazis and skinheads. White supremacy is the viewpoint that whitness is default. It is the cornerstone of our country, and we all are complicit in it by being…

But that’s kind of the problem here—It’s treating a very real issue that affects tons of people as simply a meme. There’s nothing of concrete here. So when there now posting anti-capitalist scribes about taking down wallstreet or the people responsible for the 08 crash, it’s really hard for me to take them at their…

Oh Marxism has been a handy lens that I use to see a lot of the bullshit America pulls.

I’m not happy about it. But it is nice to have a handle on what’s going on.

I don’t think she was directly defending them. I think she was rightly pointing out the hypocrisy the 1% whining about someone else exploiting them, when they regularly exploit others.  

eh no? Because the problem with that kind of manipulation is that it tends to lead to recession that fucks a lot of people over. Letting people get in on the action only exacerbates this issue.

The only solution is to call for stricter regulation to make a more even playing field.

Is it though? While a lot of people are now viewing this from a “David vs. Goliath” perspective. This initially all started because day traders saw a way to game the system. wsb only really started become “anti-capitalism” when attention was being given to them, which was a way to reframe the narrative.

Seriously, a…

Again, why I always felt this was icky.  People are profiting off of this with no intention on using their wealth to help people.

This was going to be inevitable. Eventually the big boys would flex their muscles and shut this shit down.

The question is: What does WSB do about this? If they are who they say they are, and are truly doing this for “the little guys,” I think their only choice is to go into full on activism. Because regardless of how…

Apparently, the moderators on r/wsb put the forum on private.  

Unfortunately it’s more difficult than that. I mean take the capital riots for example.  Yeah, we all joke about these stupid mother fuckers, but the thing is--a lot of those people were middle class, upper middle class individuals.  People with careers.   It’s a problem that runs much deeper than “shitty white folk.”

The problem with rooting out “white supremacy” is that it’s not as simple as finding everyone who has a Klan outfit hidden in their closet. Like, yeah rooting out members who actually belong in groups does help, but I guarantee that many of the people who are possible problems probably don’t consider themselves white…

Welcome to neo-liberal capitalism, pal.

Problem is..those companies are too big to fail

You’re not.

But that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s the equivalent of just getting one of those trading apps and putting a couple bucks in. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the equivalent of buying a lotto ticket and maybe hoping to get a $100 ticket.

The people who are actually willing to take the risks and play the game more…

I’m not saying the meme buyers aren’t capitalists, I’m saying that they’re better capitalists than anyone shorting.

. Did you just take an economics course?

Dude that’s not really the point. No one is saying that it’s right when corporations do it. What we are saying is that it’s extremely disingenuous to suggest this is a movement against capitalists, when it’s allowing another group of capitalists to get rich of them.

You’re getting played, man.

Also, a lot of the…