I'm the epitome of 'the ultimate optimist', honestly! lol (but it's very often misconstrued).
It can be turned around - but not without a fight - those with power never give it away and it is those with the power right now, who are holding the reins.
(if you've read my last few posts concerning midwits and hive being an oligarchy, you probably understand what I mean).
All politics is local, and all fights are messy - maybe if the fight over the oligarch dominance is successful at the local level (for me, Hive is the 'local level' ecosystem), maybe we can influence change further afield...???
'...from small acorns...'
One thing is for sure - while oligarchy rules, free markets can't exist.(the illusion of, yes - but not in reality).
I never thought I'd see myself as some kind of 'organizer'!lol (commie overtones, or what?)
Organisation, and the shift of power away from oligarchy is the only way. imo.
I've been on this block chain(steem first) for four years, and ranted on about it - it was like an itch that I couldn't scratch (yes, it took me that long to work out what the fundamental problem was.... durr...)
...If 'all politics are local', and all oligarchy thwarts any hopes of a meritocracy emerging (the 'success' mindset - for those with talent) , then why not start here?
I've been reading Saul Alinky's rules for radicals, again (ignoring the commie overtones - it has been so mislabeled - it's a book of strategy, not ideology).
The 'have nots' - in an oligarchy (i.e not a free market) have to organize against 'the haves '
Oligarchy relies on 'divide and conquer keep divided'.
By using the cloak of 'individualism' as a propagandists argument ( in an oligarchical system)... it does just that..... ....Divided people who all want to be rewarded for their creativity, individuality, and originality - based on their own merita - and not nepotistically motivated 'favors'.
So you're creating a Frankenstein whale of multiple accounts to counteract other whales' effects so free speech can be disseminated without fear of major downvoting pressure? That's what I'm understanding... and this account is a prophecy focused on responding to others so this account takes the hit instead of your main account? If so...I like it...
Your thinking is heading in the right direction - but it's a far more ambitious a project than that...
Free market structures - and ethos - cannot operate in an oligarchical system - it's just the illusion of it being so.
Hive is oligarchcial in structure.
DPOS - in it's current form - will not endure - in my opinion (History would indicate that I'm correct).
Ergo, change the structure...
It's gonna get messy - but tell me war that wasn't...
Right now, it's about organizing numbers. (I'm not collectivist - but in an oligarchy, collectivism (power) is required to establish a more free market environment.
I'll take the flak, but support - if there is enough - is essential to implement any changes.
Power comes through organization. This is needed to change from an oligarchy - to a meritocracy (of sorts).
'The have's' - the oligarchy - will not give away there stranglehold willingly. (nepotism etc).
I have faith in free markets expressing - and rewarding , talent, originality, and ingenuity.
I have no faith in oligarchs acting in any other way than to try to solidify their own positions. (maintain the status quo).
Big fish - the oligarchy - are swimming ,and ruling, in a small bowl (Hive) . It's defensive, and insular, in nature.
I want to alter the mindset - and thus the structure - one way or another.