Hedge funds have infinite money and every institution that could keep them in check bought and paid for.
They were caught off guard once and then adapted their strategy to change the rules and manipulate the market in their favor.
It's hard for retail to go up against that when these people can just do every illegal trick in the book and have no fear of consequences.
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