I'm quite disgusted by the pro-core people. They are all butthurt because plebs won't obey their "professional coding experience", and their "being a bitcoin dev for X years." If any of that mattered to us, we would love the Federal Reserve because they are "professional bankers" and have been "running the banking system for a century." Sorry, (to quote a core simp) "that's simply not how open source works."

Hate drives people to destroy themselves

## Shared Stigma and Stigmatized Solidarity When individuals are marginalized or shunned for the same belief or behavior, they often bond more strongly with each other. This is sometimes described as stigmatized solidarity—the sense of “us against the world” that forms when people face external rejection. The shared stigma intensifies internal cohesion. ## Romantic Rebellion / Reactance Psychology recognizes reactance—the tendency to strengthen one’s commitment to a forbidden or socially disapproved relationship or activity precisely because it is opposed. This can amplify affection or companionship between participants, since their bond becomes a symbolic act of resistance. ## Cohesion Through Shared Adversity Social psychology has long observed that adversity increases group cohesion. The principle is close to “trauma bonding” (though not necessarily pathological): mutual hardship or exclusion makes relationships feel deeper, more authentic, and irreplaceable. In group settings, this is also connected to the robbers cave experiments (Sherif, 1954), where competition and conflict drove cohesion inside groups. ## Liminal Communitas (Anthropology) From Victor Turner’s work: when people enter a liminal space (outside normal social order, often involving exclusion or marginalization), they may develop communitas—an intense sense of togetherness that transcends ordinary social bonds. Being cast outside “ordinary society” can paradoxically make bonds inside the excluded group feel sacred. ## Outlaw/Counterculture Identity Fusion In small groups, identity fusion can occur: individuals experience their personal identity as merged with the group’s identity. When the group is persecuted or rejected, loyalty becomes existential. This is why countercultural movements, underground churches, or marginalized social circles often exhibit extraordinary companionship and sacrificial love. ## Synthesis: The phenomenon sits at the intersection of stigmatized solidarity, communitas, and identity fusion. When society rejects a belief or practice, the external pressure collapses internal boundaries and intensifies intimacy. Love and companionship emerge not despite the shunning but because of it, as the shared adversity transforms ordinary affiliation into profound unity.

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