The RC system is one of our best inventions . It's incredible. Those who deserve to have RC do. And people upvote them. I've yet to see someone lacking communication and ability to speak freely due to RC credits .

Edit: if the stake is the tie breaker;

Specifically what about stake is bad/wrong/broken and how can we modify change and or remove stake to better hive economic/governance/communication? (links to all three?)

I think we could have a visual stake system more than a number based.

Convert the word stake into light. How much light do you have in hive

(00000077000000) would be different than. (0000000000836399000000000)

Text value would show one and the user would literally see an orb of light / hues / size , in perspective of the systems they are connecting with. Be it economic, governance , or communication . Bad light or color , maybe , would prevent bad economic connections.

Not completely moving hive not away from crypto values and dollars as it can be layered on top of HBD and the other systems involved . Lightwave/Color Economics adds to theses systems