It wasn’t the small individual investors that crashed the market in 2008. It was Soros and his buddies. They are evil. To get what they want, they crushed millions of people’s savings, investments and retirement.
It wasn't either of them. It sounds good for party politics, but it's too simplistic. You get 2008 after a decade of foolish monitary and fiscal policy. The bubble popped when it became obvious that you can't base a healthy economy where everyone gets a McMansion with a workforce full of mortgage brokers and wedding planners.