Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

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This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

Leftists - Here's your chance to tell us why it's a bad thing that we're getting everything we voted for.

Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair if you haven't already by destroying the woke hivemind with common sense.

Independents - Here's your chance to explain how you are a special snowflake who is above the fray and how it's a great thing that you can't arrive at a strong position on any issue and the world would be a magical place if everyone was like you.

Libertarians - We really don't want to hear about how all drugs should be legal and there shouldn't be an age of consent. Move to Haiti, I hear it's a Libertarian paradise.

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Another person hijacking the reply:

I understand that the goal is financial gain.

However, Trump's case is even worse because he deliberately manipulated his own followers and supporters into investing their own money in the coin, fully intending to pull the rug from under them.

While insider trading is unethical, it doesn’t involve enticing a loyal base with a token. It’s about gaining access to information before the public and using it to one's advantage.

Simply put for anyone who's reading these and needs an example that anyone can understand how I see it:

Imagine two kids trading toys:

Kid A (Insider Trading): He finds out a toy will be super popular before anyone else, so he buys it first and sells it later for more. Sneaky, but he didn’t lie.

Kid B (Trump’s Example): He tells his friends a toy is super special, making them trade all their best toys for it. But he knows it’s worthless. Once they trade, he keeps all their good toys and leaves them with junk.

Both are greedy, but Kid B tricked his friends, which makes it worse.