/biz/ - Business & Finance

Have you been infected with it?
What are you going to do when they round you up?
How does it feel to know you are the bag man that was designed to take the fall for all of Wall St's woes?
Are you familiar with civil asset forfeiture?
Do you think Satoshi will bail you out when the IRS comes beating down your door?

I read this article the other day and it seems like Bitcoin eerily falls into the category...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/may/27/cults-definition-religion
1. A charismatic leader, who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose power. That is a living leader, who has no meaningful accountability and becomes the single most defining element of the group and its source of power and authority.

2. A process [of indoctrination or education is in use that can be seen as] coercive persuasion or thought reform [commonly called "brainwashing"].

3. Economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie.

>10 warning signs
• Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.

• No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.

• No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget or expenses, such as an independently audited financial statement.

• Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.

• There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.

• Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.

• There are records, books, news articles, or broadcast reports that document the abuses of the group/leader.