Mar. 14, 2022
I'm a UK investor, investing in the stock market for the first time. I am appalled that day in and day out that the value of my investment is not a true representation of its worth nor is it a true reflection of the 'free market'. Instead, the value of my stock is determined by white collar financial crime; by way of Payment For Order Flow, Dark Pools, synthetic shares, illegal short-selling practices (naked shorting), and insider trading. This isn't just about a stock I own; this is about the whole global financial, democratic and capitalist system. By allowing white collar financial crime to continue again and again and wreak chaos on a global scale with no proportional consequences (i.e. prison-time for the brazen and arrogant corruption/theft), you, the people who are supposed to police the system, are complicit in creating and managing a system rotten to its core. You are complicit in the millions of hard-working people who prop up your lousy system through actual labor and production in losing out in a system that not only favors the 1% but is evidently built for the 1%. This cannot continue. You have shown your contempt and disregard for not only retail investors but the general public since 2008. But we are not to be reckoned with. We are the 99%. We know the truth. We have seen the global repercussions of the 2008 financial crash and the bailouts for those that caused it. We have seen the corruption amongst your politicians during a pandemic and now on the brink of a world war. We have had enough of this system and we have nothing left to lose. We are telling you to fix this broken system once and for all or we will do it for you. There will be blood in the streets.