Such a silly and trite concern.
To the extent that those "evil early adopters" have tons of coins and can "crash the market at any moment", they are but able to do that once. And if one does it, it hurts the others, so this "evil group" actually has little power or incentive to collude and zero ability to "control" anything in the long term. They can, at worst, cause a huge one-time price crash and this would be a blessing for anyone trying to acquire the coins.
Your concern boils down to deep-seeded antagonism over the fact that some people figured this thing out before you, and the great irony is that people a year from now will have that same antagonism toward you - if you are smart enough to buy at the prices today.
These ideas aren't going to happen without MONEY you know...
"the great irony is that people a year from now will have that same antagonism toward you"
If this thing makes it that long, and I am seriously in profit, Bitcoins will be marked as a revolutionary breakthrough technology instead of just a geek toy. Lets hope you're right .