>muh supply and demand, idiot, try reading a book
the underlying principle is true
that it is open to fuckery is a separate topic
if you dont understand the basics, than you can not develop an effective opinion on the situation
to be ignorant of how a functioning economy operates and rely exclusively on "muh manipulation" leaves you in the same boat as asstard marxists who think the problem is that the wrong hands are on the levers of control, and all will be wonderful once they can get their hands on it. completely ignorant to the concept that the whole problem is that nobodies hands should be.
supply/demand. learn it, live it