Thanks again! Unfortunately I don't know how to quote you like you did, but I'll try:
"I disagree there because STEEM is also a valid, liquid cryptocurrency and Steem Power is even more valuable as a long term store of value that could (potentially) even increase in value as a rising stock which splits does. That, surely, relies completely on the value of STEEM rising in value. :)"
You answer your objection yourself, don't you? STEEM is explicitely designed as a hot potato. To make it extreme: it's more like sand and not like gold. It is not scarce. You can't compete with Bitcoin with such features.
As for evading the question...please keep in mind that I am not native speaker, maybe it was the wrong expression. I was not meaning to imply that you are consciously evading it. I also do not take any offense or things like that, because what I am trying to say is that you are evading the question for yourself and fooling yourself out of "confirmation bias".
Let's try this:
I guess you have heard about the russian clone with their GOLOS. You are not emotionally attached to it, I guess. So now try to explain to me why you think anyone is going to buy GOLOS just to make russian authors happy?
Does that make sense?
Last but not least, the pricing. The current way of giving the value you (and I) perceive a price tag is the market cap in Steem/BTC. The concept is flawed on its own, but that's what I wanted to say: there is imho so far no way to price the combined value you perceive. You say "if Steemit ends up providing value to others". Of course it is valuable to all kind of people, like us. But it's the people who buy Steem who actually make the price tag and if they think they are just here to pay the show, they won't do that very long.