Post APtkv7azElgeUrBLYu by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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(DIR) Post #APrPIoUnJb6ktyG2wC by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-22T11:28:24Z
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Public Service MessageAre you part of a group that implicitly requires you to see everyone else in the world as inherently suspect, or outright evil, unless and until they're judged to be trustworthy and good by your group? If so, you're not part of a political movement, you're part of a cult.#cult #cults #GroupThink
(DIR) Post #APs6vagmsSjJP7bWfg by camerondotca@mastodon.nz
2022-11-22T19:37:13Z
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@strypey or a historically marginalized minority.
(DIR) Post #APtTs8dxBcUxenYsQS by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-23T11:29:04Z
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@camerondotcaCan you expand on that? Because in context on my part, this reads like you're accusing marginalized minorities of being cults, and I wouldn't want to go around jumping to unjustified conclusions, or interpreting posts with an assumption of bad faith.
(DIR) Post #APtWyIsQLrACzlxf3g by camerondotca@mastodon.nz
2022-11-23T12:03:47Z
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@strypey I’m saying the framing of your original post was badly flawed and not inclusive of the loved reality of people who aren’t the dominant group. Put another way, in your attempt to obliquely poke at political groupings you smeared a basic survival technique. That you’ve turned it around on me in this way is equally problematic.
(DIR) Post #APtkv7azElgeUrBLYu by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-23T14:40:07Z
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@camerondotca> in your attempt to obliquely poke at political groupingsMaybe I was literally just talking about cult dynamics and all the rest of this is in your head, not mine?
(DIR) Post #APtlLTJ58cG7MVN7Vg by camerondotca@mastodon.nz
2022-11-23T14:44:51Z
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@strypey and then I gently pointed out that it extended to non-cult groups and here we all are. I'm just going to block you and pretend you don't exist because I really can't.
(DIR) Post #AQ3MsU2grwlrvUwspU by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-28T05:57:49Z
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"Danny de Hek has produced more than 130 videos taking apart the crypto currency investment, which he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme."What I found particularly insightful in this interview was the parallels he draws between the psychological manipulation that makes ponzi schemes work, and that of religious cults.https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018868864/the-kiwi-youtuber-taking-down-the-crypto-scammers-from-his-christchurch-home#RNZ #NineToNoon #crypto #scam #cult
(DIR) Post #AQ3NApahUUYryEbbCC by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-28T06:01:00Z
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"Danny de Hek has produced more than 130 videos taking apart the crypto currency investment, which he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme."What I found particularly insightful in this interview was the parallels he draws between the psychological manipulation that makes ponzi schemes work, and that of religious cults.https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018868864/the-kiwi-youtuber-taking-down-the-crypto-scammers-from-his-christchurch-home#RNZ #NineToNoon #crypto #scam #cult
(DIR) Post #AQ3jvZ6So78pR99UOG by robertbwalker55@mastodon.nz
2022-11-28T10:16:02Z
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@strypey there is a madness in crypto. Monetary assets are assets only because, ultimately, they deliver a stream of income. Crypto currencies don’t do that. All part of the unreality that has become reality. It all worries me but I’m old and I won’t see the consequences.
(DIR) Post #AQ3xQTMrTrCS1ttFoG by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-28T12:47:20Z
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@robertbwalker55 > Monetary assets are assets only because, ultimately, they deliver a stream of income. Crypto currencies don’t do that.They do for some people, some of the time. Sadly, that makes the ponzi schemes based on them seem more plausible :/