irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoCommunism is when you can only buy one share of a stocklemm.eeimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1997arrow-down121
arrow-up1976arrow-down1imageCommunism is when you can only buy one share of a stocklemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down6·16 days agoCommunism is when there is only one kind of stock to buy on one platform and the government owns both. Robinhood is just being a corporate asshole - couldn’t someone buy GameStop shares elsewhere?
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·16 days agoWhat you you described is not even communist.
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days agoBut it is an allegory
Communism is when there is only one kind of stock to buy on one platform and the government owns both. Robinhood is just being a corporate asshole - couldn’t someone buy GameStop shares elsewhere?
What you you described is not even communist.
But it is an allegory