Financial Establishment Criticized from All Angles Amid GameStop Saga

Voices from throughout the political spectrum are criticizing Wall Street elites this week for purportedly rigging the stock market against common investors. Small-scale stock traders, mostly by organizing on the forum-based platform Reddit, took on major hedge funds and investment firms in a trading frenzy this week centered around video game retailer GameStop. Widespread market volatility then prompted some brokerage services to limit certain trades and other functions. The limitations were supposedly meant to protect common investors, but many expressed outrage and accused the establishment of cutting off market access because financial elites were losing money. Among those speaking out against the alleged rigging were Donald Trump Jr., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh and comedian Jon Stewart. Media on all sides of the spectrum covered the saga closely, as well as the many criticisms of Wall Street from public figures.