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by bgutierrez 1969 days ago
Yeah, I think the anger is a device for keeping each other from selling, but has nothing to do with how this situation arose.
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HODLers also use emotion and ideology to keep from selling.

It’s decentralized motivation to coordinate!! :)

Someone would do well to inspire a cult following and a viral one at that... then it will attract people who just believe in the To the Moon rocket emojis

This is some of the oldest stuff in the book in terms of human psychology: how to create group beliefs, how to punish defectors, etc. I think it might work surprisingly well, given the rise of populist movements in the past few years.