What Big Media Isn't Telling You About Gamestop.
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One of the largest and most damaging issues in US society today is unregulated capitalism. As is common knowledge now, more and more of the wealth of our nation is going to those that already possess it. Over decades they've built a self wealth generating system.
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Now this system includes big media of course, and for our purposes were talking about news media. Especially financial news. There's varying narratives about Gamestop from these sources, almost universally against the Reddit investors.
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It's easy for us to see the top level picture they're giving us: a chaotic market is bad for all. But what they're NOT saying is that what happened with Gamestop, and AMC, is that the investment surges were begun by people who loved the companies. On "democratic" social media.
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Those of you who know me know that in addition to being a long pseudo political pundit I'm a long time gamer. (Much gaming love to @AdamSerwer & @NBCJoshua) There's more to Gamestop than just sticking it to hedge funds. Gamestop is beloved by gamers, and I'll tell you why.
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Big game publishers are like the rest of big corps in that they've got HEAVY monopolistic control over the market. They raise prices, we gotta pay 'em. BUT, if you buy a game disc you can sell it to Gamestop and the next gamer can buy it cheap. Consoles & accessories too.
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Publishers like Activision, EA & Rock Star HATE this system because a sold used game is a game they didn't sell new. Sony & Microsoft hate Gamestop for the same reason except hardware. Publishers are moving to digital to mitigate this loss...
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...but hard discs are still quite popular and most gamers know that digital content has no manufacturing costs and resent the games being the same price as discs.

Enter the love of Gamestop. This investment surge was started on a gaming chat room to try to save Gamestop.
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As we all know by now the investment platforms have shut down the "little guys" from trading Gamestop stock but Wall St. is of course still on board with the hedge fund guys raking in the dough off short selling Gamestop, a questionable activity on its own.
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Now what I ask is this: was not the Gamestop event a true reflection of a free market economy? Isn't that what buying of public shares is about? These people wanted to save Gamestop, not only to stick to the hedge funds' rich assholes but to fight big game publishers too.
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Shutting those investors out of the market is just another example of how the rich have stacked this system against us. And it's EVERYWHERE. On Wall St., in the news media, how you see a movie, travel, or even get your food. And most heinously it infects our Congress.
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Anyway, I just wanted y'all to know the real about Gamestop, and why there's far more to the story than what talking heads that are invested in Wall St.'s success are telling you.

There's always a deeper layer of truth if you're willing to look.
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