What to make of the subreddit WallStreetBets? Surely this is capitalism in full flow, with all its positives and negatives? Tinker with its functioning at your peril, says the free marketeer.
There might have been grudging acceptance of bans on the short selling of financial stocks in the meltdown of 2008, but it is harder to see restrictions on buying the likes of GameStop in the same light.
First, dismiss the tempting notion that this is David versus Goliath.
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