We all know the hedgies are fucked with their makes shorts and synthetic shares. We know the true price of GME and AMC will skyrocket beyond 20k/share. How does the DS attempt to reel it all in? Taxes.
If they can't stop us from giving up our shares I feel their last resort is taxation. This will not work.
They want to tax "unrealized gains". That means of your stock goes from $17.00 a share to $45.00 a share and even if you don't sell it you will get taxed on it. Want to see the economy collapse in under 24hrs? This is how.
This has already been ruled unconstitutional a century ago in Eisner v. Macomber. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/252/189/
They know it is unconstitutional. They do it because they know they will get away with it UNTIL the SCOTUS ruling, which may take months or years - depending on how they play their hand.
And once they've taken something from you, even unconstitutionally, you'll have an extremely hard time getting it back ... and you'll likely not be able to afford the fight.