Hey @xpilar
I really appreciate the question.
I will start by assuring you that I want Steem to reach its full world changing potential which i sincerely believe it holds.
I was being attacked by the @berniesanders group of accounts due to my increasing challenges to his abuse of other accounts and the platform itself. For whatever reason he has put many of his abuse accounts into hibernation.
In the past i had challenged @themarkymark for being dishonest directly to me several times. I had also challenged him regarding his ongoing support for the many abuses of @berniesanders.
What initiated this round of abuse from @themarkymark can only be due to @berniesanders putting his abuse accounts into hibernation.
I did leave two very polite comments (weeks ago) requesting justification for attacks on a specific account which to me seemed unjustifiable. He ignored both requests and a couple of weeks later started attacking me.
My thinking is that he does not enjoy me pointing out that Bernie openly claimed to control the top 20 witness selection. I guess his position feel threatened as they are business partners.
It is my opinion that if we are to realize the potential of Steem, we desperately need to have open discussions about Witness selection.
One account 20 witness votes does not work when bernie and markymark are constantly creating new accounts. We could easily end up creating a dystopian shit hole which is just one continuous flag war. Just like the rest of the physical world : (