yeah, i think you tickled a funny bone with the "there is no nostr elite" point right at the end

that's the one that was most accurate but least discussed, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and survivorship bias

it is the most unspoken thing by the elites, always, that's the last thing they want to do is acknowledge they are set apart even though everything they do sets them apart

anyway, it is a really big stretch, IMO, to assert that this point is manipulative, because it's the thing that causes the most visceral reaction in individuals who match the rest of the profile

anyway, he'll get over it... he always was the least pretentious of the cool kids club