They tap into the anger and frustration that comes with that mindset. These extremely disparate groups all harness the idea of fighting against a corrupt system that you feel is screwing you over. This stock activity doesn't compare to the treasonous assault on democracy, but there is a common through line with not just the DC riot but also the hacktivist collective Anonymous, Bernie Bros and even baseless conspiracy theory QAnon. Discord bans r/WallStreetBets as Reddit sub is locked and GameStop stock falls after hours.GameStop's stock spike lingo: What Reddit's WallStreetBets vocabulary means.Reddit's AMC, GameStop stock go wild: This 'insane' 'Ponzi scheme' can't last.Reddit and Elon Musk sent GameStop stock soaring.'In one sense, this is 'Occupy Wall Street' via the trading desk rather than from Zuccotti Park,' said David Kirsch, a professor at the University of Maryland's Robert H. That sentiment holds the same power 10 years later. The collective effort has proven successful partly because it taps into the same kind of frustration and stick-it-to-the-man sentiment that drove the Occupy Wall Street movement, which kicked off nearly a decade ago as a reaction to the extreme wealth of the '1-percenters' versus everyone else. But this is as much about making money as it is, as one Redditor put it, making it so ' the old guys drown in their tears.' GameStop was a particularly attractive target because it was the most heavily shorted stock. When the Reddit stock trading community WallStreetBets kicked off a coordinated effort to drive up GameStop's stock, part of the appeal was the idea of devastating short sellers - investors who place bets on a stock's price going down - and by extension the broader financial institution. But make no mistake, the movement driving this rally isn't about savvy financial tactics or good will for a once-beloved retailer and strip mall fixture. Shares, after all, have catapulted to more than $320 from $17.25 at the beginning of the year, a surge that's creating a lot of paper millionaires. Redditors, individual investors and GameStop fans who've climbed aboard the video game retailer's surging stock have a lot to cheer about. There's more to this GameStop run than money.

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