That's an interesting comment.
I considered the parallels with real life while I was writing and it's true, they are there. I'm afraid of that being used to dismiss the way steemit makes me feel. I think that's what I wanted to get across, that I don't feel so great.
A lot of effort seems to have been put into the foundation of the economy in steemit, but the socio-political aspects are side-effects; at least from the political side.
There appear to be aspects of democracy (we vote), aristocracy (the whales have more power), capitalism (content rewards, mining), marxism (cooperative ownership in that wealth is spread out)...
Maybe there is more, I'm not an expert in politics. I would absolutely love to read an experts opinion on steemit from this perspective though!