Some people criticize centralization...until it benefits them. Would those same voices be critical if this happened on solana farcaster?

Are you in a cult? Be honest with yourself if this happened on solana farcaster or lens would you be upset about it because of your ETH bags or farcaster following?

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Blockchains are cults.

Nevertheless, I agree that one should not provide invalid decentralization or tech critiques.

Anything that ppl attach their identity to is a cult, and it’s in our tribal nature to do so.

Before blockchains, it was their OS/distro of choice, mobile phone brand, programming language, DBRMS, etc.

Crypto just amplifies this cultish behavior due to money being at stake / people wanting to defend their bags.

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I believe it's beyond amplification.

The applications you mentioned significantly benefit from having a cult (more upgrades, better ecosystem), but it's not strictly necessary to  function.

Blockchains derive their entire value from this property.