I don't think it's terribly useful to characterize an economic philosophy and then respond to things because they look like they belong to it, especially in a situation where context can be so variant from what we're used to. We're an oligarchy right now, and solutions to the problems in an oligarchy are inevitably going to look significantly more socialist than solutions in a capitalist system with at least a somewhat-functional distribution and flow of financial resources.
That said, I'm also a believer in consensual and voluntarist solutions whenever possible. I've proposed voluntarist solutions to bidbot prevalence and to discovering the optimal curation percentage, both of which address the issues by giving users new options, not removing existing ones. (As far as I know the only voluntarist proposals available for those things.)
It's hard to imagine what's more authoritarian than a handful of oligarchs attempting to impose a complete system redesign in the name of stopping a behavior that isn't hurting anyone. Part of why I'm questioning the usefulness of staying on Steem if that's effective.
OK, now it looks a lot better now that it is in it's own context. Using "socialism" was just a jumping off point for me. Benevolent or Malevolent Oligarchy, that is the Question ;)
Talk some good sense solutions to me, I am at a very similar place, I have divested most of my SP "DELI" and it is parked in my main account atm. I was making some good returns on curations until I opened my Beak and squawked to my Burdy-Buddy @eaglespirit about how well it was going. I need to see if my assets are getting thru lately LOL
I am looking at your links