“It is difficult to go higher than being this kind of second responsibility or second in popularity in Trump,” said Zelinsky.
On Reddit and X, Zelinsky analyzed the messages of musk followers who really believed that the Dogecoin price hikes are the “gift” of Musk propellanting Dogecoin to become not only “Earth Currency” but the Mars of Mars. This is the real fantasy that makes Musk such a charismatic figure, suggested Zelinsky.
“If we continue to believe in the medal and all that we should make defend, we will relax on Mars,” said a follower of musks.
“Forget the Moon Effing, Elon Musk takes Doge on Mars !!!” another displayed.
Others, which Zelinsky call satirically pirates, are more pragmatic. In a “non -devotional” way, “said Zelinsky to Ars, they trust Musk” could create a capital request that would make Dogecoin upwards and allow them to take advantage of the party late for the party “.
“I used Doge in the right direction,” said a musk follower. “I will not hold this shit”, it has no use. Just the notifications activated for (Elon) Twits and (earn) easy money. “”
Zelinsky told Ars that Historically, the followers of charismatic leaders generally retain their beliefs until charisma decreases and that the figures become considered banal. Since Musk’s political influence is undoubtedly greater than ever, it is likely that his disciples have only reinforced their belief in his power to keep his promises to popularize Dogecoin and take them to Mars.
But the charismatic authority is “a kind of very volatile phenomenon,” said Zelinsky, providing that even musk “cannot remain charismatic forever”. He underlined an area of study on techo -udalism, which theorizes that technology leaders in particular become more traditional and less disruptive over time.
You could say that Dogecoin also has a charismatic authority on traders, many of which love this Doge is disruptive and buy Doge just for laughs. But if Dogecoin becomes more stable, as Stebbing, Dogecoin wants to become “less interesting as an object of belief”, suggested Zelinsky.
And although there are many believers in Dogecoin today, there is also a stubborn segment of Dogecoin fans who do not want the joke to end or see the same becoming as normal as a crumpled dollar. Dogecoin could risk losing this joker segment if it becomes too stable and serious.
Schurck told Ars that even if he could easily see more people using Dogecoin if companies were starting to adopt it as a payment method, “Dogecoin remains a joke first. A funny and expensive joke and a meme cool, of course! But always a joke.”