&gt; They can manipulate currencies and equities and get even richer, but a hired cook will still piss in their morning coffee or feed them a slice of doodoo pie.<p>All the upvotes for this right here LOL. But seriously, your comment reads like it came out of my own head. The elites _try_ to control everything but their efforts are like sticking a rocket onto an asteroid: you can influence its direction but you can&#x27;t make it do a u-turn. If people want to burn this shit down, they will and there&#x27;s precious little all that money and power could do to stop it.<p>The world is scary and unpredictable so people have been comforting themselves with predictions and models since time immemorial; even if those predictions are of their own doom, at least _they_ saw it coming and that makes them feel better&#x2F;safer.