Idk what clearer evidence you need that this space is dominated by gamblers & cults over investors & economic sustainability:

Trump announces a serious DeFi project, limited demand. Trump meme token with awful tokenomics? To the moon!

both ETH virtue-signalers and the Democrat Party fell for a really simple rule of markets and politics

any publicity is good publicity. 
electing to purge attention in lieu of unflatteringly negative attention is certainly an option, 
but it's a distinct, immeasurable tradeoff
of popular standing for subjective fidelity.

retreat is an option?

you're all griping ethics or cheerfully putting on a Milady pfp, 
because there is an incentive & outcome, 
however simplistic, 
for as many impressions that parasocially validate 
that sense of fulfillment going to your lizard brain.

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