Perhaps as a compromise, something like "Compensated Emancipation" needs to be explored. 

Complex issues often need complex solutions. 

During the times of slavery, someone along the line had made "investments". The slavery issues around the world were more easily resolved when compensation was made for perceived and real losses in investment due to a change in the rules (emancipation).

We wouldn't like to have a "steemit civil war" this early in its emergence and there appears to be a polarization between North and South developing.