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?
I don’t know. They probably hate Silver because they’re HODLing Gold? Or there’s probably low physical demand for Silver, and therefore also as an investment? I don’t care “why”, and IF they suppressed Silver, but I would like to see more of your research about this. Tin-foil hats on.