I feel like one thing which may permeate everything, even our bitcoin and/or nostr enclaves is the sense of belonging or acceptance.
I'm sure I'm guilty of it too.
They may not perceive it that way, ...
Probably very true, despite another value that is at least verbalized often by the same people, that of thinking for yourself and doing your own research... I'd say this is a situation where "watch what they do, not what they say" would be an appropriate saying...