The year is 3069

The 1% is primarily made up of the descendants of the shareholders of Gamestop before the stock went parabolic for the fifteenth time.

After it was clear no one was selling, the share price hit $24,000 in 2021. Then continued on a divine ascent for the next 2 years, topping 3.5 billion a share.

Still the share holders did not sell.

It was at this time, GameStop decided to do something incredible. They released a 10,000 share offering. The shorts being forced to buy back in now that stocks were available instantly made GameStop the most valuable company in the world by millions of times any other competitor. GameStop then immediately bought every business in the world and announced a 1% quarterly dividend.

Within 10 years all holders of GameStop shares would be wealthy enough to replace not only their hands with diamonds, but also every member of their family’s as well.

Overall not much changed beyond this. You could still eat at a GameStop Subway or a GameStop Jersey Mike’s. You could even find some GameStop Quiznos still around, as no company could ever go bankrupt again.

Melvin and his cronies died as feudal slaves, as insufficient funds left only their weak paper hands and rigid brains as repayment.