Thought provoking post as always...I think most decentralized systems, are centralized, meaning controlled by a selected few. Think about it, the 1000 people or so that own 40% of bitcoin really control the price and ecosystem. If they don't like the rules, they fork and own and control that ecosystem. The whales on Steemit/ witnesses control the direction of where Steemit is heading...it is't me or you. Don't be fooled, like the individuals that own the wealth in the world, the individuals that have the most coins, followers, steem power, the most hash power, etc. are the ones really controlling what we call decentralized systems.