Red Hat just wanted to give its contributors a special opportunity to receive a reward for their help by getting IPO shares before anyone else. Eventually, they began complaining about how unfair and unjust the stock market is after others posted how stockbrokers scam their clients and how there's a lot of kickbacks to wealthy, preferred companies. It's one thing to catch the headlines of your favorite news site to see what's happening with the stock indices. It's another thing to learn firsthand how selfish and greedy the market is. It's all about money.
Corruption is rife.
The more money you have, the more money you will accumulate, the more your broker wants to keep your business, the more special stock offers you'll receive. Brokers and companies are basically luring in unsuspecting new customers by promising them they can win the equivalent of the lottery. It's a Las Vegas kind of attitude with the advertising. This is a good thing. On the market, you basically go with the flow or else you get sunk.