Perhaps would be the best word, and honestly, yes the “ruthless” bankers “could” suppress it. BUT why suppress it if the “ruthess bankers” can make more fiat by letting it surge. Plus why build, and develop a futures market just to “suppress” it? They built the futures market because they wanted some way to join us to the moon.

Why are the bankers suppressing silver when they could let it surge and join us to the moon?
The answer to this question is simple "greed and profit",They're basically keeping the silver price down to stop the ongoing flight to precious metals and in doing so prevent the dollar from crashing.
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