First, you're not banned. If you were banned you wouldn't be here. Second, no one has any right to tell you what to do with your property. That means you don't have the right to tell anyone else what to do with their property. All the rules and stuff you propose are therefore tyrannical impositions on what people can do with their property, and I disagree with them. Every rule can and will be violated by anyone put in charge of enforcing it.
Maybe Nigeria is a corruption free paradise, but the USA is not, and as far as I can tell government is primarily a vector for corruption, and working for the government is a route to that sweet, sweet graft. That's who imposes rules: government.
Hive has a government. The 20 consensus witnesses decide what code they run. We vote for witnesses. Other than that there isn't much of a route to government corruption money for Hive users, and frankly, that's already too much and I've had such discussions with many of the witnesses.
You're not banned, silenced, or bleeding out in a ditch. @hivewatchers can't do any of those things to you according to their rules. They can downvote you. They can talk mean to you if you try to beg them to stop. You can talk mean back and downvote them. If you don't have massive delegations of stake and a proposal funded through the proposal system to lend weight to your flags, you can get those things. You can buy more Hive to flag them with.
@hivewatchers flagged you for botting, but they're not in charge of your posts, and if you want to use AI to refine your writing you are completely free to do that. They can't stop you. They can flag you. They can flag you until the cows come home, and there isn't anything I can do to stop that, except ask them to stop and upvote you. About that. You're proposing all sorts of government to keep people from doing what they want with their property because you don't like it. I don't like that. I don't like government, because it's evil.
Government is the claim of higher authority over you than you have, and it's a lie. You alone can will your heavy hand to rise to your weary brow and wipe away the dripping sweat of your hard labors. Government can't do that. They don't have that authority, because it's innate to you alone. You are sovereign, and that's due to the only just law there is, the law of physics.
Now, I'm not big on flagging people. I reckon it's a poor argument for anyone capable of reason, and I prefer to reason. One of my favorite lines in any religious work is in Isaiah: Come. Let us reason together... Accordingly, I'm not going to flag you for proposing evil government deprive all of us of our rights, but instead seek to convince you you're wrong by reasoning with you instead. I reckon that will be enough for me, and if you don't agree, it's your right to be wrong.
I'm in the process of upvoting back to positive reputation one of my favorite trolls, who flags and berates me from time to time. That's why I want him on the platform, because criticism is my most valued reward on Hive. Without it I won't ever realize I'm wrong about stuff I'm wrong about and become able to change my mind and become right.
I'm ornery and opinionated, and I've been flagged plenty. Some of the flags I even disagree with. You're not the first Hive user I've explained these things to, and you won't be the last. I hope you benefit from the explanation more than most, who didn't really care about any of these things because they just wanted what they wanted.
Know this: a lot of people I admire a great deal have been flagged off the platform, and there hasn't been anything I could do about it. I don't know much about you except that you used AI to change the words you write, which I don't think should be done in human social interactions, and that you got flagged for it and have proposed a bunch of government to deprive us all of our rights because you want more money.
You're not getting on my good side, TBQH.
I like your honest and critical view of this. I really appreciate that you put time and efforts to explain things like this, so calmly and collected. It is okay that I'm not getting on your good side, but if criticisms come like this, with solid and detailed explanations backing it, I can't agree less with your opinion of me, and can't fault it even if it didn't really went down well with my mental atmosphere.
It is fine you just highlighted to me that I've not been banned, or silenced, but just been flagged for being on the wrong side of principles and rules.
However, I wasn't proposing a disband of a policing system for Hive (which is in this case, Hivewatchers). I just wanted a honest appraisal of everything without being too sentimental about the issues, and with that I can be readjusted, and your comment, while seemingly brutally honest, was what I needed all along to readjust my view of the whole situation. I appreciate the work of HWs on the chain, but just wish (IMO), they do it a little better, though, I've not crossed their paths a lot, so I have not really had to deal with them face to face as I am currently going through.
However, my reaction to this was honestly out of a wounded heart, and feelings of desperation. Maybe, I reacted too emotionally, and would be readjusted to this course in due time.
Thanks a lot for reaching out, and apologies if the tagging was a bit annoying to you.
Almost everyone that's here long enough is criticized and enabled to grasp (some more) of the realities operant on Hive. HW isn't a government. It's just an account and user funded to promote the interests of some stakeholders.
My fundamental take on these issues are that human society is sacred. We are the saviours we need. Automating any aspect of our interactions degrades us, reduces us to the level of toasters, ignoring our transcendent natures. I do what I can to persuade people to bless each other with their forthright speech, and it is sad that we are all confused and distracted by a great many things, but most commonly stake.
Stake is one of the least valuable things in society, and in due time will be commonly understood as far beneath the extraordinary blessings of our good company. I undertook the effort to share some perspective that I hope you can benefit from because you seem sincere and rational enough to benefit from it.
Such potential to increase the value of society to us all is worth encouraging, IMHO. Express yourself, share that sacred gift you are with the world, and eschew tainting your voice with mere things that literally are no more valuable than toasters. Almost any value you can name is more worthy of our attention than mere money, and I hope you can rise above pecuniary interest to grow the value of society to all of humanity with your forthright speech.