Robinhood

Robinhood sold itself as a platform for the everyday trader, a way for the little guy to finally play in the stock market without commissions, without barriers, without Wall Street calling the shots. But that was just the marketing pitch. The truth? Robinhood isn’t robbing the rich to give to the poor—it’s a front for the same financial elite that have always rigged the system.

The GameStop Scandal: When Robinhood Showed Its True Colors

In January 2021, retail investors on Reddit’s WallStreetBets discovered that hedge funds were overleveraged on GameStop (GME), betting billions on its collapse. So they did what Wall Street does all the time—they bought up shares to force a short squeeze. The result? Hedge funds like Melvin Capital and Citadel were bleeding billions as GameStop’s stock skyrocketed.

And what did Robinhood do? It froze the buy button. It didn’t allow retail traders to keep buying, but hedge funds were still able to trade freely. That wasn’t a glitch. That wasn’t a technical issue. That was deliberate market manipulation.

If you still think Robinhood works for you, ask yourself this: Why would a so-called “free” trading app stop regular people from making money.

How Robinhood Really Makes Money: You Are the Product

Robinhood’s entire business model is based on something called Payment for Order Flow (PFOF). This means that every time you make a trade, Robinhood sells your order data to a hedge fund (like Citadel Securities) before executing it.

So before your trade is even completed, a hedge fund already knows what you're about to do and can adjust its positions accordingly. In simple terms: you are handing them your strategy on a silver platter, and they are using it against you.

Citadel, a major hedge fund, pays Robinhood hundreds of millions to get first access to your trades.

They see your order, front-run the trade, and profit off the movement before it even hits the market.

This creates artificial market manipulation, keeping real wealth in the hands of the elite while retail traders get scraps.

Robinhood’s Shady Past: Fines, Lies, and Deception

If Robinhood were truly about "democratizing finance," why has it been caught so many times misleading and robbing its users?

SEC Fines – Robinhood was fined $65 million in 2020 for misleading customers about how it made money.

Manipulating Trade Execution – It gave users worse trade prices than other brokerages while claiming to be free.

Dark Pool Trading – Many retail orders are executed in private trading pools where big players control pricing behind the scenes.

You are not trading on a free and open market. You are trading in a rigged casino where the house (hedge funds) sees your hand before you even play it.

Robinhood and the Coming Financial Control Grid

The GameStop event was just a preview of how the system reacts when retail traders get too powerful. But what happens when the entire market is controlled digitally, with no physical cash, and trading platforms can shut down accounts instantly?

Robinhood already showed they can stop trades when it benefits the elite. Imagine what happens when:

The Federal Reserve issues a digital currency (CBDC) that tracks every transaction.

Trading apps like Robinhood automatically enforce restrictions based on government policies.

Retail investors can no longer buy certain stocks or assets without permission.

This is not just about a trading app—it’s about setting the stage for a financial system where you own nothing, control nothing, and are allowed to trade only if it benefits the system.