#18 - The GameStop Gambit
Description
Retail investors organizing on a Reddit forum called r/WallStreetBets have organized an apparent short squeeze against several prominent Wallstreet hedge funds.
GameStop stock has rocketed to the moon, and many prominent people in media are claiming that we are now in the midst of a revolution.
Between the hypocrisy of the COVID lockdowns, the scandalous presidential election, and the calcification of a corrupt political and financial elite, the People are losing faith in the system. With no real leadership coming from either political party or the President independently, so the People are starting to look for deliverance by means of chaos. Reform is a fool’s errand; the foundation itself must be uprooted and on fresh soil can a more perfect society be created. The era of democratization is here, and the people are awakening to their newfound power.
But there is no inherent virtue to democratization if getting rid of the tyrannical corruption of a few delivers us into the chaotic caprice of the many. Siccing vengeful teeth into hedge fund managers will not fix any larger upstream political issues at the root of our frustration. There is no deliverance in chaos; opening this door will only lead the People into the hands of seducers who will multiply their chains.
The Galloway Institute is here to offer an alternative to those who feel hopeless. Rather than embracing the chaos, we are determined to present a strategy to master it. Through cunning statesmanship, and a new inspirational political narrative we can rescue the Republic and create a better future for individual liberty and constitutional government.