irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoCommunism is when you can only buy one share of a stocklemm.eeimagemessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down121
arrow-up1980arrow-down1imageCommunism is when you can only buy one share of a stocklemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to Facepalm@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square104linkfedilink
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down6·20 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-down1·20 days agoWhat you you described is not even communist.
minus-squaresunbrrnslapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·19 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