I have an explanation for these statistics, namely, the withdrawal of money from China.
Officially, Comrade Xi (🫡) allows up to $5,000 (equivalent to CNY) to be withdrawn. If you want more, you need to obtain permission.
And so the Chinese have "reinvented" Hawala and they're using USDT-TRC20 (on Tron) as a medium of exchange. Since their diaspora is spread all over the world, you have "nodes" for Hawala.
It is clear that all money transfers in WeChat are monitored by the state, and in order to withdraw a larger amount, you need more "money mules" to break large amounts into smaller ones so that the state does not pay attention to you.
>>> Most ppl want a one-size-fits-all fix for humanity.
And it should be done with the push of a single button on the phone. If you have to go into settings and press two buttons, most people will give up.
>>> gave up on the majority of it
Same. I once tried to "save the world" when I discovered Linux and FOSS, but I noticed that most people just didn't give a shit.
Then I thought I would "save the world" when I discovered Bitcoin in 2014. Nope, didn't work. Most people still didn't give a shit.
Then I discovered Monero... and around the same time, I stumbled upon "New Libertarian Manifesto" by Samuel Edward Konkin III. I had read Mises and early Rothbard (before he later became a regular conservative), and didn't think that "New Libertarian Manifesto" would surprise me much, but I was very wrong... 😏
>>> I'm not even counting most as my species
I understand what you mean. By the way, there was an interesting speech about individualism on DarkPrague.com. And I remember one phrase very well: if you consider yourself an individualist, you must always remember that you are in a hostile environment. And I agree with that. That is, if you offer freedom (in any form) to the wrong person, there is a chance that this person will try to destroy you (set the state against you in any form).
>>> I'm a speciesist
In my understanding, this shows a person's adequacy and sanity. But I don't hang out with normies, so I could be wrong. 😅