you can't even blame the "elites". It's like playing the "let's take turns" game with a much younger sibling. They know they're never giving that controller back, but the younger sibling never learns. 

Same thing they're doing now with paper btc. Naked shorts galore. Everyone super excited about institutional buy in... like don't you see what they've done with prescious metals? the converted the hardest currency in the world to paper.... wake up people.