Well... i have to agree tbh, now that you mentioned it Steem mimics society perfectly with the option to flag, even greed is perfectly mimicked in steem and asskissing too...
Like you said if someone isn't nice to you in real life it's very likely that you will punch them in the face, steemit mimics this perfectly with flags as punches.
We have some greedy people in our society and on steemit we also got greedy people...
People tend to flock to the big steemians to kiss their asses trying to get a reply back and maybe a good upvote, in the real world they do the same trying to meet with celebrities and millionaires to get a better job or a good photo, or any of those things...
I guess steemit mimics our society in the real world perfectly, the question is... are we fake in the real world because of social pressure and are only our true selves on facebook and instagram when we troll? maybe trolling is our real personalites! Or are we fake on facebook and instagram when we troll? Who are we really?
Unfortunately and I do mean this, you are very correct. Society has a lot of warts, but it's a personal choice to focus on the bad things alone or not.
The ass kissing you speak of annoys me as well, but I'm cognisant of the fact that I've always seen it, always. It just had different flavors growing up. An employee sucking up to a boss, a kid sucking up to his parents. It's a natural way for us to gain leverage.
The only thing one can aim to do, and it's honestly my goal is to reinforce the good things society does have. Not the elimination of the bad ones, because I think that quest is futile.
But once again... unfortunately you are correct.
It's the way the world works... we suck each other off to grow xD i should frame this and put it up on a wall or something, maybe spray paint it on the house of parliament ahahha