Re your: “rousing speech to rally the troops and fight off any aggressors” and your: “why I like the idea of some potentially more solid institutional support” .
Unfortunately I personally could not disagree more.
Institutions will usually go for a bird in the hand that has absolutely no risk rather than wait for a brighter mid to long term future. 20p on the 25p they paid will do most of them I would have thought.
They can then invest their ‘winnings’ in the next big thing.