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Reddit vs. Wall Street: the latest in the GameStop saga

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Ash Parrish
*To the tune of ‘Blame Canada’* Blame DEI.

GameStop has just announced that it will sell its business in Canada and France. Now this is just the next beat in a trend that began in 2023 with GameStop shuttering operations all over Europe. But in a post on X, GameStop CEO and r/wallstreetbets messiah Ryan Cohen hinted the reason for the closure involved, “Wokeness and DEI” instead of, y’know the whole ‘stonks’ thing and generally trying to operate a brick and mortar video game business in 2025.

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