They had silver held back around $5/oz for decades, 9/11/01 was a “tipping point” which caused the 2008 financial crisis, you can see that on the chart below too.
https://www.mrci.com/pdf/si.pdf
Look at Crude Oil after 2001. The financial media is asleep. Or just don’t want to bring these observations to the public’s attention. Craziness after 2001.
Crude Oil: https://www.mrci.com/pdf/cl.pdf
Platinum: https://www.mrci.com/pdf/pl.pdf
Look at the Dopey/Dollar after 2001. That Idiot Banker Paul Volker started a 20 year deflation in commodities after his run up of interest rates in the 1970s to 21% in 1981. Remember the “strong dollar policy”? “Free Trade”? Will create jobs for Americans?