This feels like a watershed moment in corporate-political-consumer relations. We didn't know there was an instance when censorship could unite people like this. There's now a clear red line for corporations regarding what censorship is acceptable, something which didn't exist before.
I don't support what Robinhood did, but to pretend that Robinhood specifically is the problem is a misdirection. The whole financial and business media has come out in favor of the poor hedge funds. The White House and SEC are "keeping an eye" on the situation: https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1354828593524826112. Discord has banned WSB and who knows what Reddit or other platforms will do soon. There are calls to halt trading the stock altogether: https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/01/27/gamestop-trading-o...
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