So only big shot hedge funds are allowed to manipulate the market and get away with it? How dare the common man shift the balance of power, that too by playing

So only big shot hedge funds are allowed to manipulate the market and get away with it? How dare the common man shift the balance of power, that too by playing totally within the rules!? Seriously, if a fund did this, they'd be patting themselves on the back, and would have had little to no backlash from their brokers.