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 Because they believe Bitcoin to be a conspiracy.

Some conspiracy theorist dig into things they question, to find the truth. Others, simply like playing the victim, while pretending to be smarter than the average person. 
 Those are my favourite ones - Bitcoin was created by the NSA because they were involved in SHA256!!!

It completely misunderstands what SHA256 is, and how it’s used in Bitcoin. 
 I have friends like that. The second you ask them about the difficulty adjustment, nodes, or anything else, they have no idea what you're talking about. 

They'd rather complain than look for solutions.

It's the victim mentality, but instead of racism or the patriarchy, it's the elites who hold them down  
 Like Whitney Webb's audience  
 I like listening to people like Whitney Webb, a bit. I don't mind nibbling on a black pill once in a while, to get a window into that state of mind, but I don't want to swallow a whole bottle, like she and her audience have. 
 There has always been a group of people at the top getting away with murder... Literally. All we can do is try and insulate and then innovate ourselves from their fuckery and not get killed in the process.