About two weeks ago a post[1] went to the top of /r/WallStreetBets where a user advocated shorting the South African Rand. So in the space of days we went from WSB being a crusader against the evil shorts, to heavily upvoting the idea of shorting a struggling nation.

The user posting it had an absolutely laughable lack of knowledge on the trade -- they literally believed they would profit if the USD outperformed ZAR, not factoring in the interest to pay on the short -- combined with eyebrow-raising statements on SA history. But this didn't stop everyone from laughing at the idea of blowing up a country's economy. To me it completely poisoned any idea of WSB being a force for good, or even remotely rational.

[1]: https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/lkzviy/i_am...