Well it's almost as if the securities industry has taken the same path as finance and credit. For years the financial industry has preached that credit card,student loans and car loans are normal and should be embraced. They spent hundreds of millions promoting their products and the use of debt to accumulate wealth and now approx 50% of Americans could not sustain a 500$ "emergency" without the use of credit, a large number of college grads can't make the money they anticipated to pay loans back and folks have big loans on a depreciating asset for an average of 64 months and can't sell the car for what it's worth to get out! If a lie is told loud enough,long enough and to the right demographic, the message will get through. If MM's can convince 50% of retail investors that naked shorting is not real, a large percentage could sell thinking the company is doomed and possibly make fun of or ridicule the others(or perhaps won't have to say anything due to a collapsing pps) left causing another percentage to follow in belief or not want to be made fun of or not lose total investment....