This is why I have hope for Steem and Steemit.

Hope that decentralization and freedom will win out here, and not become the same thing as their fiat/Facebook/Google counterparts.

Hope that as more and more people board Steemit, the diversity in viewpoints and agendas won't push us all towards abandoning the 'social experiment' we're participating in, but somehow actually achieve a miraculous change in society—not just in money, but in all aspects of life.

I hold no delusions, however, of the battle that is ahead. You can see it already flaring up on Steemit, and it's only going to increase as others arrive.