I wrote a long discourse, but my comment evaporated... But yes, you're totally right, it's still very centralized... and the propaganda machine is still in high gear :-/

Someone "called me out" for powering down my Steem, but I can't see anyone being satisfied with what it's become (unless they're willingly blind).

I'm not innocent myself, I've blasted some of the Steem guys a little too extremely, but from now on, I'm just interested in building (and sometimes debunking, but on a more factual, less insulty level). Save the insults for memes! :D