agree about the likely consolidation - the point i wanted to make was there are humans ultimately in charge ( i believe there is only God and man, nothing else considered as a free will being,) and it is likely those 'multiple intermediary fiduciaries' are in fact blackrock, vanguard, the fed etc.
i think fulford says what he does because it does make for an interesting narrative, but he certainly skirts around the main issue which you write about very well here.