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Yes, but there is a social element: People who see the world realistically while living in a "positive thinking" society often feel like there something wrong in them.

Small? It's negligible, and acts like the opposite of a deterrent: it's an implicit authorization.

The way scams are useful to the scammer.

'Anti-authority', even with scare quotes around it. God forbids somebody uses the word "anarchist"...