Excellent post. I really like the idea of one day being in the position to earn that “passive income”. As someone who currently has SP leased to them by this very author it isn’t about getting a curation reward for upvotinf a post and it isn’t about giving myself more either. It really, honestly is about being able to support others when I have enjoyed their content. I don’t know why anyone would be against leasing SP to be honest. Unless they are worried about self upvotes. The way I see it, you have something that people want and they are willing to pay for it. Welcome to how Steem has a value in the first place. If they are against you or people making a profit from their SP they HAVE to be against Steem/cryptos in the first place.

Great post @mattclarke I really enjoyed reading it.