Steemit and the community here for sure struggles with popularity and giving wealth to those already popular. It seriously reminds me of everything we currently live in where money = power and you see this clear as day here. However there are a few good people here and the community has pulled together a number of times, But there is still corruption always will be but I choose to look at all the positive things steem has done and try to flag the ones that promote spam, negativity and downright bad things. It is an important and very big topic for sure and I highly value you shedding some light on it.
I am curious to see a true system where everyone voting power was the same and no self voting was allowed. It would be rough lol
That's how it looks like, yes.
I'm not saying that there is nothing positive at this place. You know me a bit, I'm probably one of the most positive people in this network :-) Still we shouldn't close our eyes to the direction this takes.
That's called wonderland :-))
If by "here" you mean "everywhere on Earth", then yes, of course. People desire money, people abhor violence. Of course money yields power, and vice versa. Did you think a blockchain or network would change that?
Wishful thinking!
My answer is : NO!
No Blockchain will change the human urge for power nor the gene of greed!
I still believe that some people can change the world....
That's what happens when people join a new system of rewards with the mindset of the old. They turn it into one of the same crap, because they are unwilling to change. Remember the Puritanistic societies of pilgrims in early American history?