Tim pool will say anything. He stands for nothing and has only a superficial understanding of the vast majority of things he rambles about. So he could be right but, if he is, it's completely by accident. It's not the WSB people buying silver, for the most part. They're holding and I think that's awesome. It's a whole other set of people buying silver now, mainly people who want to make sure they have something tangible but also like the possibility that they might be sticking it to the establishment. So that would explain why the WSB subreddit is explicitly stating that people need to avoid silver. For their purposes, it is important to hold. But other people who aren't already invested in GME would be foolish to buy in now, unless they have a ton of money that they are ok with losing.

Bottom line: Silver has real world value no matter what. It's very possible that nobody who bought some recently will see significant gains. But if the dollar collapses, they will certainly have something. Not everyone who is buying it thinks they're going to get rich OR stick it to the man. A lot of people just want security in an uncertain world and can't afford gold.