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Jan 28, 2021 • 43 tweets • 7 min read
One of the more funny/sad/tragic parts of this GameStop activity is the misplaced sense of populism.
People really think they're busting Wall Street, and sticking it to The Man.
No.
Wall Street is profiting immensely, and the Man is getting much richer, thanks to you.
There are a few key myths that add up to this misplaced populism:
- That Wall Street has a position on GameStop
- That it makes or loses money based on positions
- That regular folk are trading truly commission-free
- That regular folks have access to the same trading tools
Apr 1, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
The greatest sin we can commit against those lost to covid-19 -- both those we've already lost, and those whose losses are to come -- is to pretend that this was inevitable.
Their deaths were not simply happenstance, but a result of failures to preserve and build and take care.
We are exactly at a moment in time where we'll see the attempt made to invert this truth -- to discredit the cause of these deaths as merely nature being nature.
But our society stands athwart nature to preserve life in countless contexts. It could have done so here, but didn't.
