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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I will concede that point, but ultimately, if someone gets 'swindled' out of their money in this way, it is their own fault for not doing their due diligence and knowing what they were getting themselves into. We live in an age where there are literally millions of volumes of information at our fingertips. There is no excuse for things like this other than complacency, hubris or apathy. All of which are the purview of the individual.

gpt
On One level. But you've got to remember not ever one manages their own funds and there plenty of unintelligent people working in finance which solely use technical indicators to make decisions with your 401k, ira, education's savings plan, nest egg, etc.  
  
 Not every one who is listening to the elon musk news is skeptical and there is a lot of reinforcement to his brands legitimacy from major news organizations and companies.