So in those scenarios historically the money printers have used their accrued power over the government to bail them out with taxpayer money, which ironically increases their share of the wealth even more than if their system was just humming along flawlessly. So even when they should lose, they win because people are too dumb to realize that government is a scam as well.

U.S. Billionaire Wealth Is Up 88% Since the Pandemic—Now Topping $5.5 Trillion https://ips-dc.org/u-s-billionaire-wealth-is-up-88-since-the-pandemic-now-topping-5-5-trillion/

Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity

The world’s ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion —at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day— during the first two years of a pandemic that has seen the incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall and over 160 million more people forced into poverty.

“If these ten men were to lose 99.999 percent of their wealth tomorrow, they would still be richer than 99 percent of all the people on this planet,” said Oxfam International’s Executive Director Gabriela Bucher. “They now have six times more wealth than the poorest 3.1 billion people.”