The rot goes far beyond worshipping these parasites or cheering while institutions and CEXs turn crypto into another extraction machine.
The same people who complain about manipulation still buy the very coins designed to exploit them, because they are convinced they will dump on someone else first.
That is the entire disease: everyone recognises the scam, but too many still volunteer to become part of it the moment they smell profit.
But supporting the voices and builders actually trying to move this space forward, the ones without manufactured hype, insider liquidity or an army of paid shillers, is apparently where everyone suddenly loses interest.
That tells you everything. People claim they want better, but keep funding the worst actors and ignoring the few who are building something real.
Rotten to the core.