this pattern is a manifestation of the same command hierarchy bias that drives the conspiratorial impulse; people tend to privilege explanations of phenomena with a single agentic actor over epiphenomenal explanations where it emerges from the behavior of many independent actors
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RT @dystopiabreaker
a pattern i've noticed with some loud blockchain critics:
if something about the system isn't ideal or they don't like it, they of…
https://twitter.com/dystopiabreaker/status/1479740076775002112
there are many valid criticisms of the crypto ecosystem, many of which I agree with (such as the hypecycle nature of the + web3 wave, the speculative nature of most image NFTs, & the immaturity of the end-user UX & onboarding/security flows)
but a grift that doesn't make