RE: At a crossroad
it may be the norm, but that doesn't mean we should continue doing it.
buying votes is akin to advertising, which in and of itself isn't bad, but it will be used to make ideas seem more valuable than they actually are. this is how walmart, mcdonalds, and microsoft all maintain their market share. (and i would argue their products are less than alternatives and they actually push out alternatives) they use their resources to keep themselves in the limelight, while up-and-comers are overshadowed by the behemoths. i do not see this as a good thing.
let things live or die by their merit alone.
just because it has always been done doesn't mean it should continue.
buying votes is deceitful, nobody likes sellouts (except other sellouts) .. your vote can be delegated to those you trust to vote for you, perhaps, but it should still not be an automatic vote just because you gave me money. that is how united states congress works right now, and corporate interests always have more concentrated wealth to override the individuals.
if vote buying doesn't 'die' it will destroy steemit, because it is only going to get worse. are we really modelling the political world by allowing vote buying?
yes, yes we are...
most people are doing that I think
otherwise it motivate us to earn more steem power and I think steemit is done for that, make people invest and buy steem power or buy upvotes and earn steem power
this is not creating more value, it is a circle jerk that creates 'wealth' but has no value.
we can create good content and at the same time help our selfs that way, we are free to do what we want with the steem that we earn !
no, there is no 'helping our selfs that way' that is good for the economy.
you think you should get paid for doing nothing? what? how is that good for steem? it will destroy it, because it is like a cancer that is not good for the whole.
if it keeps growing, it will kill it.