I've been fighting on this blockchain since 2016, full time on-boarding, promoting, teaching, curating, organizing, commenting, posting.

I've been through various waves of whale wars and flag wars, I had to explain what happened to Berwick when ol' BS downvoted him for a few hundred bucks (while he was making thousands per post)

I've watched most of the freedom movement either ignore Hive, call it a CIA operation (thanks Whitney!), just copy-paste here and withdraw their earnings, or give up on it already.

When this place launched (as steem) it was already a bit of a shit-show, but most of the whales were anarchists, and if people had come here instead of sticking with FB & Twitter (and more of the big names here had interacted & re-invested instead of draining the economy) - we'd have control of this chain now, and the statist folks doing all the downvoting would not have been able to stack so much cheap coin.

At this point, it would take something like $20 million or more to get the freedom movement back on par with those whales down-voting it.

What if your decision to stay on here and continue regardless of these setbacks actually sets a precedent for others to do the same to create and bolster a strong community that flourishes and survives through any hardship?

It's a nice idea, but like I said...

We've already gone through this rodeo multiple times. Some of the actors change, but the game stays the same - only with a wider and wider gap in the stake on the opposing sides (and not tilting in the favor of free speech and liberty.)