They aren't trying to kill GME though, they are boosting it, essentially saving it and shareholders from short seller pressure. I see it as a bizarre, but ultimately positive behavior. Wallstreet no longer holds all the keys.

Interesting to see this comparison being made on hacker news, it was also made on my economics RSS feed where Tyler Cowen[0] linked to a tweet[1] with this exact same comparison.

[0]: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/01/we...

[1]: https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1354412717231251459?s=2...

That implies that they are the bad guys and not the people who were irresponsibly shorting the stock to such a great extent.

... with a dash of flash mob and viral marketing.

More like a political disinformation campaign for stocks. Same formula different goals.