Posted on 07/04/2024 7:56:13 PM PDT by Libloather
People who own cryptocurrency are more likely to be narcissistic, psychopathic sadists, according to a study.
Cryptocurrency, which has exploded in popularity in recent years, is digital 'money' which lies beyond the control of central banks and governments.
The global market is worth about £1.3 trillion and around five million adults in the UK have invested.
But now a study suggests that those who own online currency - such as Bitcoin - are more likely to have 'dark tetrad' personality traits.
Investors are also more likely to be men, rely on fringe social media sources, believe in conspiracy theories and feel victimised, the research revealed.
The survey of 2,001 Americans, published in the journal Plos One, was carried out in 2022 and showed that 30 per cent said they owned or had owned crypto.
Analysis revealed crypto ownership was linked to narcissism, psychopathy, sadism and Machiavellianism - a trait characterised by manipulativeness, deceitfulness and high levels of self-interest.
The researchers said: 'Though our results certainly do not apply to every crypto user out there, on average, we found that crypto investment and ownership tends to appeal to people who are more argumentative, anti-authoritarian, and prefer to get their news from non-mainstream social media sites.
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That reminds me to add more DogeCoin to my portfolio.
Last month, doctors warned that growing numbers of young men are requiring NHS treatment after becoming addicted to trading bitcoin, with the health service calling for action against ‘unregulated cryptocurrency sites’.
I tend to agree with this. I think many people, who invest in crypto currency are hoping to screw later buyers by pulling out before the collapse.
Orwellian.
One of my buddies is really into crypto. While he’s a nice guy in many ways, you might say that conspiracy theories are him!
Nobody could have said it better.
It seems that self-sufficiency, autonomy, vigilance, distrust of authority, independence—things I consider the fundamental components of virtue—are now considered anti-social traits.
Slowly building over the last decade, this fixation on narcissism always seemed to have an agenda behind it.
I don’t know why, but I laughed out loud at the headline.
I can see this as both Establishmentarian Propaganda, AND possibly psychologically accurate at the same time.
Yep.
People who run Central Banks are som eo the biggest psychopaths- fixed.
The ignorance of the relevance of #btc is actually coordinated by psychopaths .
Read later.
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