This current bears are just the ones mainly doing shorts which is really dragging us back, but I know that sooner or later, the bulls will fully take over the market and the bears will have very little chance of taking over the market again until bitcoin reaches another new ATH, now is when people should deem fit to just be gathering rather than selling.
You don't have to be a bear to short an asset. Most of the shorts are from unbiased traders just following what the charts present them. Today they can be short, but tomorrow they might shift to a long position.
The more rational traders don't focus on much other than the very short term, and the short term has been in favor of a more bearish outlook, while the mid to long term is still bullish overall.
I do however agree that accumulation is a smart choice. If you only allocate a small percentage of your investment account to each entry point, you should be able to buy the market down for a long time would it keep sinking.