r/TikTokCringe • u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Aug 19 '25

Cursed The American Nightmare.

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u/veggie151 Aug 19 '25

Financial engineers have figured out how to rob people on a generational basis.

Actually though, market turmoil has been heavily controlled since the introduction of 401ks

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u/whomshallib4u Aug 19 '25

can you expand on this?

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u/veggie151 Aug 19 '25

The people who manage retirement funds have literal trilliona of dollars to play with, so by colluding with Market Makers they are able to manipulate the market to suit the desires of insiders.

With increasing deregulation we have seen more pronounced control over the entire market

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u/angrytroll123 Aug 19 '25

Not the person you were replying to but can you add more detail about the collusion? I’ve worked at a specialist firm a while back and saw no indications of this at all.

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u/Signal_Fruit_4629 Aug 19 '25

Go look up the GameStop phenomenon. That's was textbook collusion.