Hedge fund tries to short Gamestop, now gets short squeezed by R/wallstreetbets

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This is the most riveting episode of class conflict since Tiger King.

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Huh, this sort of thing has been common for some time now

I have, which will surprise you not a little, been speculating — partly in American funds, but more especially in English stocks, which are springing up like mushrooms this year (in furtherance of every imaginable and unimaginable joint stock enterprise), are forced up to quite an unreasonable level and then, for the most part, collapse. In this way, I have made over £400 and, now that the complexity of the political situation affords greater scope, I shall begin all over again. It’s a type of operation that makes demands on one’s time, and it’s worth while running some risk in order to relieve the enemy of his money.

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The far left leading the charge against this nonsense for once.  If /r/WSBs is committing a crime, so have the hedge funds for decades.

“For once”? Are you under the impression that the far left has been pro-Wall Street up until now?

Not that so much but since the Occupy movements (which were mostly grassroots), not much traction ever was made on this. Obama bailed out Wall St, so did Trump with little push back.

Occupy Wall Street was ran and participated by very, very different people than the Democratic Party establishment. They did and continue to rail against Wall Street, just that they are wholly ignored by the media.