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by enkid 1186 days ago
Why do you think that ham radio is that way? Is it that a large number of the hobbyists are trying to be outside the system?
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Having met a lot of people I think the license gives some kind officialdom and status which they are otherwise lacking and desire. This is an attribute demanded by a large number of people with defective personalities.

Granted a chunk of people go in for the technical interest (I did ultimately) but the other folk rub off on a lot of them and it normalises into the amorphous bubble of defective personalities.