Poor people aren’t invested in this. Some, perhaps, but most poor people don’t even know what’s going on. People with modest, middle class means and others with a lot more bread are invested in this. This is a huge play, not a minor squeeze, one in which billions upon billions - and possibly trillions - are at stake. You’re underestimating how monumental this is. Most of the retail investors are probably white, as well, a fact that doesn’t go without consideration by the regulators monitoring this.
I don’t care if it hits $10. That doesn’t even matter. If they sent it to $1, we’d still be rich if they started covering. I care about the fact that they have so many millions of outstanding shorts that they refuse to cover. I care about the blatant price manipulation in the dark pool, which has shielded them from a margin call.
If we lost a bet at the poker table, we couldn’t say, “I’ll pay you in a couple of months. Here’s an IOU.”