If a 'unified group' is capable & responsible for massive long...

If a 'unified group' is capable & responsible for massive long term manipulation of the equities market, then surely they must have an escape path . . . . after all, ultimately such a group would be the vehicle of the mega wealthy of the world, & they sure as hell wouldn't be betting the bank on a long shot that the 'experts' agree has no hope of winning . . . . as a group, they didn't get and maintain over generations their individual mega wealth by chance.
If any of this manipulation theory is correct . . . so what !!
Do we feel smug knowing that we were correct in our assessment yet still being passengers on this Titanic ?
The challenge is to find THEIR escape plan & having done so, be waiting on the other side of the door . . . . not be ready to run for it with them when the time comes, cause the ants will surely be trampled by the elephants.

At the moment the proposition that gold could be the key or insurance to the group's activities is appealing.
Imagine that the "group" (US gov & associates) has not been a seller or leaser of it's massive physical gold reserves (unlike most European govs) and may even have been increasing it's physical stockpile.
If this were true, then the escape door could could be as simple as the re-introduction of the gold standard . . . the US$ being backed by physical gold. Sounds far fetched ?? . . . well Greenspan has glanced in that direction a number of times over the past year !
Could be that while the rest of the world is happy to take US$ the group is happy to keep on printing them. thus allowing them to achieve whatever goals they require cash to achieve . . . prop up the US economy via near zero interest rates (who needs high interest rates when you've got the printing press in the basement) . . prop up the equity markets with the same mechanism (even more sinister, they end up owning all the major listed companies . . bought with their Monopoly money) . . . fight an international "war-on-terror" . . . build a "star wars" defence pipedream . . . . etc etc.
Finally, when their "work" is done, or the rest of the world's govs wake up to the fact (as if they aren't co-conspirators), the US gov simply re-introduces the gold standard for the US$ and sets the standard by dividing the total amount of US$ in existence by the number of ounces of physical gold held.
The group ends up owning virtually everything of commercial value (& a truckload of physical gold no doubt) The US becomes debt free overnight. The buying power of Mr Average America is increased by the multiple of the increase in the price of gold . . . everyone is happy . . .
Everyone, that is, except those that don't hold US$ or physical gold !!

Just a thought & welcome comment and particularly logical criticism