Are VC's quietly rug pulling us ?

Is it just me, or do others also feel that influential figures in crypto with deep pockets such as Tom Lee, Arthur Hayes, Raoul Pal and others, sometimes give the impression that retail investors are being slowly “rugged” over time? Constant banana zone talk or always going on about we are about go moon yet we have not stopped putting new lows from ATH.

Or could this feeling be explained by other factors like differing time horizons, incentives, portfolio hedging, narrative bias, or the way markets distribute liquidity?

Do you believe we will go much higher eventually or more downside and boring times ahead ?

I’d like to hear your views and thoughts about this, thank you in advance.