And he made a bunch of money from that post too.

Was I wrong in interpreting his post this way? I have wrongly interpreted "satire" in the past here.

Things don't exist in a vacuum. They have a context. If I saw this "satire" on reddit or FB or something I'd laugh and leave. But given the timing, style, content, resteemer(bernie), comment section and even the formatting of the post This is clearly not satire.

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This post had some good explanations and I also added a bunch of comments: https://steemit.com/steem/@taskmaster4450/steemit-new-motto-earn-lots-of-money-launching-personal-attacks-so-we-all-can-laugh-at-others-it-is-a-sure-winner

themarkymark gave me the first red flag with the way he reacted to Net Neutrality which was anti-free market. Then he was promoting a manufactured crime RPR without any clear idea about how reward pool works (due to feelz/cognitive dissonance getting in the way I guess) and his response towards @tt-dogg was unprofessional.(https://steemit.com/steemit/@themarkymark/huge-whale-about-to-buy-up-a-lot-of-steem)

Joking about serious issues and spreading fake info without research (.6% not 6%) is not what I'd expect from a witness. Also @tt-dogg could easily BTFD and do his buys in small portions without sending STEEM to the moon. Charlee Lee actually sold his LTC silently. themarkymark lacks knowledge in economics and trading. Demands can be satisfied without price hikes if you are careful and has low volume compared to market capitalization.