09:02:50 <ktkxxeewr> There are multiple psychological hooks to keep Monero community members in place. Here is one:
09:02:51 <ktkxxeewr> https://vimeo.com/272691039
09:02:51 <ktkxxeewr> Notice that Scientologists don't stand on street corners saying "Would you like to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Xenu?"
09:02:52 <ktkxxeewr> Put yourself instead in the shoes of someone who spent $10,000 and 2-3 years of their life on their courses
09:02:52 <ktkxxeewr> And you get a bunch of bad sci-fi - you have two choices:
09:02:53 <ktkxxeewr> - either swallow a very bitter pill that you wasted a pile of money and a portion of your life
09:02:53 <ktkxxeewr> - or swallow the sci-fi, and from that point on, you will swallow _anything_ they tell you.
09:02:54 <ktkxxeewr> In the cult trade that's called "insider doctrine".
09:02:54 <ktkxxeewr> Would you like to talk about our Lord and Saviour of NASA, Howard Chu?
09:02:55 <ktkxxeewr> https://medium.com/@crypto_ryo/senior-nasa-engineer-calls-out-howard-chu-hyc-symas-monero-developer-on-being-a-fraud-db0b46688041
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