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Its because of two things : pride, and they believe they're the good guys. Without humility, you can't see your errors.

Lack of self awareness. Plain and simple. This is why it feels at times as if we are “waking up”. One by one. IMO Bitcoin is a beacon. A signal that calls us (in our own time) to study and evolve and then build on top of it. For all of humanity. It’s hard for me too, but try and be patient...

Mixed bag: I suspect some truly believe the world is unfair and they’re playing according to the “real” rules they learned. Ultimately they’re not courageous enough to maintain hope for themselves or humanity. …And/or they get in way over their heads with what started with good intentions...

You will always be a villain in someone else’s story.

Separation... Just like the government can do readily and easily make decisions that hurt people, they don't know or they don't care if they do, because they are separated from the effect of those decisions and from the accountability.

Because - The war is within. Your ego, your pleasure and desires of the material world. It is always easier to ignore the true self and bloat your ego in return of power, pleasure and materials of the world since antiquity. A wise man once said - The people that are most susceptible to corruptio...

I wouldn’t assume that most of them feel like they’ve made an intentional choice. Personal responsibility is something heroes experience as a sense of innate duty. I’d expect that part of what makes someone a villain is their tendency to run away from that feeling rather than to embrace it. M...