"But it's just so rigged"

There's more and more use of this word lately. If the market does not do what you think it should, that doesn't mean that it is "rigged."

"To be able to play psychological warfare on investors to just scoop money from their accounts, counting on psychology and shady tactics to just make us puppets with their fake articles and bullshit analysis of stocks they are interested in manipulating for a very specific reason."

This probably works better and better now than it did because so many more retail investors seem to have difficulty with the idea that anyone can have an opinion different than theirs. Shorts have become "villains", the Tesla cult screams "FUD" any time someone says something even slightly critical of the company, etc. Look at any SeekingAlpha comments section; anything presenting even a balanced view of popular names and the comment section goes, "he must be short!" People freak out about every political headline. The average investor seems more and more and more reactionary than ever before and therefore, yeah, I'm sure that it's easier to take advantage and play some of the same sorts of tricks that Cramer talked about playing in that video where he talked about what he'd do at his hedge fund.

You know what though? You can not pay attention. When people say have a longer-term view, this is part of the reason why. Stop obsessing over every piece of news, have a longer-term view. This sub always goes, "don't time the market!" and in a way it's not wrong; most people are bad at it especially when they do it entirely. There have been posts on here lately about people who have been sitting in cash for 2+ years.