Look at the Terra sub or the replies on Twitter to the official account. Normal people losing all their life savings and a lot of them are contemplating suicide. It's actually really really sad.
Let's take the reverse and say they were on the right side of the bet and made millions and left everyone else behind to wallow relatively "poor".
Would they feel sorry for those who didn't take the bet?
I don't really see it as that interesting or sad, I see it as unnecessary.
Some do, some dont. If it was really something more like “all people are susceptible to suicide when numba go down” I’m not sure what I would think, maybe I wouldnt be in this game at all, prioritizing my own self preservation instincts above this particular kind of chase for financial security. Hard for me to say.
My level of empathy comes from not being sure its worth prioritizing self preservation at all. Like, I notice we all are like “suicide, stop that thing” I mostly just see happenstance. Its happenstance I have self preservation instincts and its happenstance others do not.
And then when you add Terra, Luna, Anchor to the mix. Its like, so you were chasing passive income on TikTok and didnt factor in your self preservation instincts? Ok. Cope, or don’t.
1) It's the internet (a subreddit no less!) - who really knows who lost what, and who is contemplating suicide.
2) If we take it at face value -- that people have lost their life savings and are contemplating suicide -- the real issue isn't a change in material circumstances, it's shame. Ashamed of their own stupidity and greed, they find it hard to imagine living with the knowledge that in their heart of hearts they knew better.
3) That is why the endgame will be the creation of a villian. Making people whole or at least providing some relief isn't the important part. The important part is helping people convince themselves it wasn't their fault. They were victims. The government, the banks, CNBC are the bad guys.
"for some change only comes from pain"?