these companies are ALL calling in favors with each other and it will either be the downfall of everything or the evidence that the game is over and the people lost.

There is zero excuse for all these independent organizations to all be taking the same actions in lock step unless they're doing favors for each other or the SEC has mandated it.

Sector collusion on par with CCP entanglement with Chinese business or straight up government intervention. Both answers make the state of our union clear.