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GameStop’s Reddit Revolution Echoes Occupy Wall Street Crusade
An online trading army’s offensive against hedge funds is drawing parallels with the anti-establishment campaign that rattled the financial industry.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
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Angry, organized online and aiming straight at Wall Street’s elite institutions.
Nearly 10 years ago, that’s how the Occupy Wall Street movement burst onto the global stage. Its sit-ins, protests and demonstrations against inequality pushed “the 1%” into the popular lexicon.