The gold was sold into the LBMA because a bullion back could not deliver on short obligations. The bank was effectively bailed out but it lost its seat on the LBMA. Guess when bullion bank it was. If Brown had not fine it the LBMA would have defaulted with catastrophic consequences.

"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible." - C. Jung

This is how the system demoralises those who see it.

Which brings Aristotle to mind, "Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god" - well, I'm no God and to no surprise, not a wild animal either.

“The man who fears to be alone will never be anything but lonely, but the man who learns, in solitude and recollection, to be at peace with his own loneliness, comes to know the invisible companionship of God"
- Thomas Merton.

The latter seems apt for many. One is often led astray in the madness of crowds.