They shouldn’t have poked the bear.
In 2019 there was a study done that proved over 50% of Americans owned stock. I believe this number is drastically underreported and even worse, misunderstood. Whether it’s an individual stock portfolio, 401k, retirement plan, mutual fund, Robinhood trading platform account, or whatever…nearly 100% of Americans above the age of 13 years old are “in the market” one way or another. In crisis, when the mania of COVID buying frenzy began, all of those people decided they were going to make a bull run. So it became easy as pie to paint the tape with your buddies on the golf course or family members at Easter or competitors at the luncheon. But eventually somebody has to become a bear in order to “rip the faces off” of those at the party and capitalize on gains. I don’t imagine ever ridding the world of a monetary system nor should that be the goal. But a fair market, this is not. Until it is I will provide whatever is within my power to correct it swiftly.
It is easier to take advantage of somebody if they don’t understand the terms of a business transaction and it is reprehensible to do that in any case. Children must be better educated on how to defend themselves against predation.
Though I can be hired to perform artistic production or services, I am not for sale. There is no amount of money in this world that can force me to sacrifice what I know to be right and I’ve been pushed further than you could possibly imagine.
I do not favor any political party or financial institution. No founder nor financier sways me. If a person or company behaviors badly, or stupidly, they will hear about it. If I praise something, it is a genuine opinion for public benefit.
The comedians like to think they are bastions of American constitutionalism but none of them is under threat of arrest like Lenny Bruce was. Protests which some call vandalism are a stopgap preventing destructive riots now.