Re: GameStop Never Stops

2021-02-03 Thread Florian Cramer
An addition to Bodo's (IMHO) excellent analysis, written by the economic journalist Jens Berger on the German left-wing political blog "Nachdenkseiten" ("Reflection Pages"): "[...] There are certainly some shrewd strategists among those amateur speculators; people who early on grasped the

Re: GameStop Never Stops

2021-02-03 Thread Brian Holmes
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 10:34 AM Balazs Bodo wrote: > Yes, I agree, on an abstract level, it is fascinating to see congress > members and presidents recruiting flat-earthers, non-voters, q anon shamans > to carry out a coup, as much it is fascinating to see Musk mobilizing > anonymous reddit

Re: GameStop Never Stops

2021-02-03 Thread Molly Hankwitz
hello! there has been talk of "empowerment" because it seems ordinary people who are not rich can somehow skew or affect the stock market...and in this time of billionaire "domination" that seems a victory. Love this analogy to opiod epidemic...how about the vaccine debacle? vaccines seem like

Re: GameStop Never Stops

2021-02-03 Thread Balazs Bodo
Hello, may I be the grumpy old man here? I am a tad tired to be fascinated by the latest madness that emerges from the intersection of a US technology companies running amok, a US society which i see struggling with deep political, social, economic problems, and the psyche of mostly US citizens,

Re: A Dead Professor Is Teaching an Art History Class

2021-02-03 Thread Lunenfeld, Peter B.
Hello All - I have to admit that my first reaction to this story was like Ted’s, but this story is resonating in part because it’s a Covid-driven unveiling of the shifts in power relationships, labor protections, and intellectual property rights in the North American higher ed sector over the