Yes, cooperative, mutually beneficial abundance for all - based on some fair merit, of course, quality and consensus being that. But it's not mere consensus, 1 vote, 1 user... it's like a version of Citizens United of sorts - the corporations/whales have a MUCH bigger vote... I'm sure the analogy isn't perfect at all but you obviously understand. I have to assume the folks that created this and are at the helm of this steem-boat have thought through the whys in ways I haven't even attempted. I'm just wondering, well, why should I buy a ticket to ride when I have to be work crew to get anywhere, too? Convince me, oh Steem Captain (whoever that is)?Maybe I'll go looking for the explanation/rationalization for the system that exists. Maybe it's in the Steem white paper? Or a post here somewhere? But seriously? Why does this seem like a fair system in the crypto world? My impression of the bit I know is that crypto is meant to be a great equalizer (no?), in it's own sea, away from the circling, and feeding frenzies, of the sharks that control the oceans of the world financial markets.... so...

Crazy on a ship of fools, we may be, mate! :) Maybe I'll be made to walk the plank! And yes, if I hadn't earned being included in that crew before (and surely you guessed right regardless), I just spent an hour trying to find my blasted password for this thing to add a profile photo (an old, but fun one) so I guess I'm in, or I couldda/wouldda taken it as a sign to jump ship before I lost sight of the shore?

And on an astro note.. my Chiron is in Aries ... in the 10th... I'm not experienced enough to know exactly what that will mean for me for the next 7 years but... it surely means something is my slightly educated guess. I haven't gone looking to see if you posted any astro info lately but I will. Or tell me if you're posting that somewhere else? I'm interested! I'm all Gemini air (Sun/Moon/Mercury/Saturn & POF) & Cancer (Venus/Mars/ASC+Pisces MC water - I over-analyze, and, even still, don't act until it FEELS right. So I've been vacillating. Or decided 'outing' myself as a questioner/skeptic right up front was the voyage I would embark upon...Oh, boy...hang on, it may be rough seas ahead with me :)