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Steem is in the wild, it doesn't belong to dan, it doesn't belong to eli, it doesn't belong to any witness cabals, we are a collective now.

Eli has a pretty good grasp of the reins, dan and ned, et al, probably still have enough stake to crash price and may hold that sword of damocles for a while, but, at some point, we free ourselves from their bs, spit out eli's bit, and begin to run on our own.

That could've happened by forking the bastards out instead of hinting at it and allowing them to entrench themselves, but at this point, it is what it is, steem.
It will be what we make of it.
It only fails when the last true belieber turns off his witness server.

So, we got that going for us.

Why would rich people want to support the slaves freeing themselves from their best bait, fiat currencies?

We either get a handle on those farming us for rewards now, and support those building their accounts, or we continue to be cattle on the farm for those scavengers.

It is up to us to free ourselves, outside help will only come after we don't need it anymore, iyam.