Great analysis! The fact that it now makes sense for a lot of people to purchase influence is huge! I think that fact will do a lot of good for the price of STEEM as time goes on.
To anyone reading this comment: I think @timcliff is one of the hardest working people on this platform. If he hasn't received a witness vote from you, I think he deserves your consideration.
Thanks :)
Dude, you are so right.
Making @timcliff one of your witness votes is one of the smartest things you can do on this platform.
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#SteemitElders
What happens to people, like the 3 billion people who live on less than $2 per day, that cannot buy Steem?
In a Steemit that rewards authors for the content of the minds and the caliber of their character, then those people too could be freed from the prison of poverty. Not all people, perhaps, but many.
That's not a potential Steemit presently has. It should, and it could, were the various mechanisms that permit, and cause, financial manipulation to be fixed, and return curation to it's stated purpose - reward great content best, good content well, and most content some.