Awesome post you bring up some brilliant points.
‘’While similar on the face, the base of Steem and the operation and governance of it in a decentralized community makes it fundamentally different to anything else that has ever existed.’’
That is what we want and it is what is said. However it is not the reality. We have the @ngc / @berniesanders group of accounts, supported by the 20 twenty witness @themarkymark and others, trying to control just about everything here. It is a problem for the healthy functioning of the platform and the value of the token.
I was wondering what thoughts you have regarding this issue?
I don't see them trying to control everything here, they do as they do with the stake they hold though and, that is definitely part of the reality of operating in a decentralized environment. I actually don't see it as a problem for the healthy functioning of Steem as eventually with communities and SMTs, the owners of those can choose how they operate for their users. Steem however is and should be stake based and open, this doesn't mean everyone is going to earn out of the Steem pool though.
But perhaps I have seen things you have not.
I have no idea who greenman is though.