RE: Steemit and the End of the World, Part II
You are quite correct that TPTB are trying to keep the cattle in the corral, but, as I pointed out in my posts, it is a futile effort - eventually.
One of that last kings of France, Louis XIV IIRC, famously said "Apres moi, le deluge." Loosely translated 'After I am dead, the SHTF, and I won't care.' Boy, did the SHTF on Bastille Day, as outraged peasantry beheaded every official in sight (which is where the term 'terrorism' comes from. It was coined to differentiate the nascent French revolutionary government, because it was so markedly bloody, and used the terror of the people to utterly control public dialogue).
Of some note, the present disparity in wealth between the 1% and the 99% in America is higher than that in France when the Monarchy was overthrown.
It is this attempt to simply stave off any correction until after they have died that further exacerbates the problems - and justifies outrage. I believe that the forces of history (as compel technological development) will make the present disgrace that is government obsolete, absent any political action whatsoever.
However, rubbing salt into the bleeding wounds of the victims of the current political farce is pissing people off, and I think we'll be lucky if the revolution coming doesn't make the bloody violence of the French revolution pale in comparison.
I'm agin' such violence. Ain't a damn thing I can do to prevent it, except to try to show it isn't necessary. Unfortunately, people that have been victimized by oppressors so cynical as to say "Let them eat cake" are gonna be after more than victory.
They are gonna want vengeance.
I think this is going to delay victory, by forcing those 'masters of the universe' that might be willing to give up their privilege to face the fact that, no matter what they do, they're gonna face the same mob vengeance as the worst of them.
The run-up to the American and French revolutions are definitely paralleled by developments in today's body politic. The difference being that in the redux versions bubbling up today, the politicians (and corporate overlords) have all been revealed to be the stooges of the private central banksters.
A sufficient portion of the population has awoken to the fact that democracies are a complete farce because the monetary system is controlled by non-elected sociopaths, and where the money flows so does power. That is why, I believe, the more people find out about cryptos - and it is still less than 10% of the population - the better.
A crypto revolution looks like the only chance to avoid a bloody revolution. Centralized authority based on a monopoly of violence can never possibly succeed in the long term, humanity is not meant to live in servitude. It is only a question of time until the giant awakes and asks itself why it is wearing chains instead of holding hands with its loved ones.
I completely agree, and I believe Steemit has exactly the potential you describe. The state does more than simply create a funding mechanism, and conversations and means of executing agreements based on the decisions of the people discussing, are necessary, and Steemit can do both.
That is why securing Steemit from Sybil attacks is so important to me. As long as Steemit can be easily captured by TPTB, it is not capable of creating an alternative to extant government.
Big accounts, like @freedom, @dan, etc..., simply cannot compete with REAL money, which is not measured in $MMs, but $TTs. There are people, or cabals, that would not spend more than petty cash to buy every Steem in existence.
Since those people are the threat we need to counter, we can only do that by preventing their money from controlling our weapon. Since that revolution is inevitable - we will be freed from coercion eventually - a weapon capable of defeating TPTB will effect that revolution.
If it isn't Steemit, it will be something like Steemit, but secure against Sybil attacks.