One simply need to look at the powerdown status of the most vocal of the "Righteous Defenders" to understand just how much commitment they have to STEEM.

just as a side note, i don't think powering down says anything about a committment or lack of committment to steem. Its not a cult.

Money is money. I don't think steem is even close to a hold right now as an investment. I don't even hold bitcoin, though i think you could make a better arguement for doing so than you could for steem.

Asking users to act against their own financial interests to prove their loyalty to steem isnt what this platform needs.