You're getting it backwards my dude.

Baby boomers turned 65 this year, the peak retirement there will ever be in the history of the world.

Individuals selling small amounts of stock, each for slightly below midpoint, actually has a much larger negative effect on prices than one large sale at slightly below midpoint does. Think about what the order book looks like over time.

People expect a sudden recession. The ride to the bottom is going to be a-historically long and slow, as retirement accounts unwind contractually slowly, and big institutional investors wait out lower capital gains taxes.