I've seen GameStop's recent stock surge explained a number of ways this week. It's like David and Goliath. It's like Occupy Wall Street. It's like MAGA. It's a group of hopelessly online meme lords causing chaos for the fun of it. It's Main Street America taking its revenge on the Wall Street crowd that tanked the economy and walked away without the slightest of consequences. It's a bunch of Joe Averages proving they're actually smarter than the self-proclaimed smartest people in the room. Whatever element of truth there is in those comparisons, I think it stems from the fact that those are compelling stories. They're a big part of the reason why so many people have been paying such close attention to what's going on with the stock, learning about trading terms, apps, and stock market manipulation laws they would have been bored by before.