[arcticbull]

I just realized something -- the cryptocurrency-maximalist and antivaxx movement are born of a similar phenomenon.

Humans are great at rallying and pushing and making change when they see identify something as wrong in their direct lives. We work as hard as possible, and develop solutions (vaccines, a strong legal backstop). Then, all is well, and the problems we solved are no longer part of our lives because the system works.

Years later a vocal minority becomes very suspicious (they're inflating away my wealth!, autism!) and tries to overhaul the system. Then they learn why we do things the way we do (scams/manipulation/etc, measles) the hard way.