Incase you haven't caught up yet, a subreddit with 2 million users decided to Bognadof the Gamespot stock, so much that 3 days ago it closed $40 US dollars, then yesterday it was $75 and just now when the market closed it was $145 US. Gamespot is now worth 10 billion dollars, the first time ever in it's history and Melvin Investment, a hedgefund that was short selling the stock has lost an estimated 6 billion dollars, after receiving a 2.75 billion bailout yesterday from 2 other investment firms. This really is entertaining to watch and is costing someone rich a lot of money.
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So this is what I'm describing with the parasitic system built around the stock market and finance in general that we're forced to engage with.
I said I don't have a problem with the contracts, and I don't even fundamentally have a problem with people gambling. I have a problem with the fact that they've forced us all to gamble with them, and as you agree, that I'm forced to bail them out when they fail, but we don't get the same bailout if we fail.