cbs marketwatch compare and contrast hit piece re: qanon/gme
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gamestops-stock-surge-and-qanon-couldnt-seem-more-different-yet-they-have-this-trait-in-common-11611950457?mod=home-page
GameStop’s stock surge and QAnon couldn’t seem more different — yet they have this trait in common
Last Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 8:09 a.m. ET First Published: Jan. 30, 2021 at 8:02 a.m. ET
By Jesse Itzkowitz and Greg Gwiasda
What behavioral science sees in both WallStreetBets and QAnon
"…What’s fascinating about these underlying psychological dimensions is that they also explain another movement affecting America: QAnon. Just like GameStop, the rise of interest in this group has puzzled Americans. How can a set of ideas — factually false and outlandish — have caught on so prevalently and deeply within a sect of the populace?……Just like GameStop, the members of QAnon viewed the DC establishment as something that needed to be toppled in order to properly restore “real American values” which the ruling class had taken away."