There's a big difference between building towards revolution and roasting marshmallows in the flame of a collapsing system. And it's not even the investing thing, I mean hell, I'm one of those few people fortunate to have a stable industrial job with a living wage and 4% 401k match. I understand that I live in a system where my meager retirement account (managed by fucking Blackrock) being turned to ash is a precondition of the revolution which is necessary.
I'm not upset that a bunch of madlads on Reddit might nuke the economy. Financialized capitalism is an economic system which begs to be exploited, and it is fun to watch the reactions of everyone in power when the *wrong" people end up exploiting it.
The thing is, at the end of the day this gamestonk fiasco isn't going to move the needle towards Communism and it has been grating to read so many takes implying that financial speculation is suddenly a revolutionary act. For fuck's sake, Obama's dogshit ACA health plan was a more equitable reform than a bunch of Reddit stonkbros getting their bag at the expense of a couple mediocre hedgefunds. "But Marx bought stock," Marx probably blasted rope too, but that didn't help bring us Communism either.
There are some teachable lessons in this thing, but we're missing our chance by jumping on the same hype train as Ben Shapiro, Elon Musk, Ted Cruz, and AOC.
Once in a while you can beat capital at their own game, but it was never our goal to play their game to begin with. The way this shit is going, were going to come out the other end with "thin green line" flags to comemorate the noble retail investors and their struggle against the tyranny of Robinhood and their assault on free market principles.
There's a big difference between building towards revolution and roasting marshmallows in the flame of a collapsing system. And it's not even the investing thing, I mean hell, I'm one of those few people fortunate to have a stable industrial job with a living wage and 4% 401k match. I understand that I live in a system where my meager retirement account (managed by fucking Blackrock) being turned to ash is a precondition of the revolution which is necessary.
I'm not upset that a bunch of madlads on Reddit might nuke the economy. Financialized capitalism is an economic system which begs to be exploited, and it is fun to watch the reactions of everyone in power when the *wrong" people end up exploiting it.
The thing is, at the end of the day this gamestonk fiasco isn't going to move the needle towards Communism and it has been grating to read so many takes implying that financial speculation is suddenly a revolutionary act. For fuck's sake, Obama's dogshit ACA health plan was a more equitable reform than a bunch of Reddit stonkbros getting their bag at the expense of a couple mediocre hedgefunds. "But Marx bought stock," Marx probably blasted rope too, but that didn't help bring us Communism either.
There are some teachable lessons in this thing, but we're missing our chance by jumping on the same hype train as Ben Shapiro, Elon Musk, Ted Cruz, and AOC.
Once in a while you can beat capital at their own game, but it was never our goal to play their game to begin with. The way this shit is going, were going to come out the other end with "thin green line" flags to comemorate the noble retail investors and their struggle against the tyranny of Robinhood and their assault on free market principles.