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QAnon also made millions of people excited, hopeful, and positive about the future. Any moment now, the truth would be revealed to all, the clouds would part an
by pavlov 5y ago
QAnon also made millions of people excited, hopeful, and positive about the future. Any moment now, the truth would be revealed to all, the clouds would part and everyone's life would be changed forever.
Making people feel good on the short term is not a justification for anything. We need to focus on solving the real problems, not selling crypto opium to those who have lost hope.
- cl42 5y agoWith this sort of logic, should we get rid of movies that we deem unproductive? Burn books that don't explicitly contribute to the human race? Ban video games that promote values we disagree with? There are entire industries designed to make people feel good and do nothing else. If you're equating crypto with QAnon then I don't think there's much room for debate here.
- pavlov 5y agoYeah, I'm totally advocating burning books because I think it's not a great idea to get your hopes up when you send money to some random guy's Delaware company that was started yesterday. Crypto is not QAnon (although they do share general cultish traits). I was using Q as an extreme example of another online movement that also gave hope to people hanging out in forums.