In the same post they make the absurd claim that protest is still allowed on reddit. Just not... you know, disruptive protest. So dear union members, no, you're no longer allowed to strike, but you are still allowed to say you're mad, so long as you don't say it too loud of course.

And you were asking how trolling can be harmful? #covid #trolling #cyberbullying #socialmedia

More on the GameStop nonsense. I’ve spent the last week or so watching acquaintances with financial problems get suckered in and insist on buying GameStop in order to hold it. It’s a shame, and I tried to argue publicly that this wasn’t a good thing that was happening, but of course, no one listens when they’re in a bubble-mania or the soon-to-be victims of a pump-and-dump.

Today I learned more about investment.

“This ‘‘alternative’’ is not limited by consistent adherence to its own principles. This self-described underdog sees nothing problematic in its affinity for power. In fact, it believes, rightly, that to the right audience, contradiction is exciting. Nothing could be better for an insurgent political force than to be seen as a scrappy outsider. And nothing could be better for the aspiring mainstream — this time not corporate, or cultural, but political — than to adopt the permanent pose of the alternative.”