I find it interesting that you say that there are "no absolute good guys" in this story but that the GameStop traders deserve sympathy because they are the types of people who may be paying off college loans. Who cares what they spend their money on?

It is a free country and you can pay off student loans or buy champagne and its nobody's business but your own. Why does sympathy matter in this story? There are trading rules and the hedge fund guys were SHOCKED some ordinary people used the trading system against them. This is not about "good guys" versus "bad guys" this about making everyone play by the same rules; the so called elites and the ordinary guy.

I find the fact the hedgefund guys are crying foul play hilarious but we need to make it clear to our political representatives that everyone needs the same rules and the rich don't get special treatment. What I am worried about is that rules will be made to "protect" the ordinary guy but these rules will actually be rules designed to protect the trading advantages of the hedgefund guys and the elites.

Just look at the fact that Robinhood is selling trading data to other companies; that should be considered market manipulation since those companies use that data to make investing decisions. If the data is not made available to everyone nobody should get it or at the very minimum the ordinary guy should get paid for their own data. Contrary to the spirit of their name Robinhood just a company owned by people who see themselves in league with the hedgefund guys and not really a champion for the ordinary guy.