Anarchy, in-jokes and trolling: the GameStop fiasco is 4chan-think in action | Dan Dixon

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The redditors’ logic is one I recognise from my teens: intentionally senseless, a joke rather than a philosophy. And nobody wants a joke explained

about the financial crisis, I remain unequipped to explain the economic mechanics of the GameStop fiasco. I do, however, recognise its chaotic logic. Notably, this logic is currently powering a good cause. Redditors are, as I write, beating Wall Street, exposing the system as being built to benefit the wealthy, and effectively demonstrating that the stock market is a dreadful measure of society’s economic health, wildly detached from material conditions.

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