Because if you're just trying to make a stock lose all value by going under/bankrupting the company to oblivion then you would never have to buy back the stock because it's worthless BUT
SEE ALSO: when the stock suddenly boosts like crazy, more of the owners are gonna be like "Well fuck might as well sell now before it goes under" which forces the short sellers to have to instantly (or at least within 3 days! -> 13 depending on "contract") replace
So like in his fictional book it's a fucking plot point where his rich heroine grabs the SEC by the balls lol and with me well: I'm just reinventing the whole system so there's that
"Because he didn't dress up like a woman and pay SUPER DETAILED attention to make his clothes PURPLE and symbolic of royalty and instead had relatable HUMAN FUCKING CLOTHES that were made from literally recycled materials and raised charity for Vermont etc. HE IS A BAD SEXIST MALE WHITE PRIVILEGE" or some shit
what no how could irresponsible wall street practices have caused the Recession, obviously it's because the Democrats created a housing collapse by forcing banks to give people loans!!!
like... I know someone who's into astrology, which, whatever, but they take their horoscope and zodiac proclivities as Immutable Truth rather than warning signs of things to work around
so I'm not surprised that when people start having scary shadow-nonsense ideas, they decide it must be because the world is full of scary shadow-nonsense, rather than suspecting they might just be making it up
...I mean I'm pretty sure it is illegal, in the way that a lot of things are illegal if you aren't super-rich and "legal" if you are because nobody has the balls to enforce laws on the super-rich
For almost anyone else in almost any other situation that could probably be charged as MANY many counts of assault and maybe battery, as well as some sort of reckless behavior depending on how those things are defined locally.
like, I don't think there's an actual law against converting everyone in your town to a crazy militia, seceding, declaring yourself a new country and abandoning your US citizenship, and declaring war on the US
like there probably isn't a specific public health regulation against a wheelchair salesman going around cutting off people's legs, because 1. the battery case there is pretty clear, and 2. that doesn't seem like a thing you should need to have
I mean it's not treason if you're not a citizen, you can't charge someone from another country with treason because their country went to war against you
"if this guy faces any consequences, I'll refuse to do my job as a juror and instead talk about this other person who had nothing to do with it and is basically an actual conservative's dream come true!" I mean ok I guess you can do that??
Look I ain't even sorry I want Dommy Mommy to step on me and use me for a footstool
BOTH BROS: not even a little
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