It is in this type of situations when people like me should be quiet, just like I mentioned in my post.

There are several reasons for that:

1. My opinion does nothing on the subject. It won't change his mind about you, and my opinion won't defend yours, or you as a person. I don't like fights, and so I avoid them, because they rarely result in anything valuable. Some people are rude, others are egoistical, others think they know way more than others. It is not my job to change their mind, or to advice them to change the way they talk. They are responsible for the way they behave, and they will get what they deserve in time, be it good, or bad. If you do not like the way he talked to you, or the way he talks in general, that is what the ignore / mute option is for. I learned a long time ago not to argue with people who do not wish to be part of an argument and only want to instill superiority while making others look inferior. Should he shut up and stop calling you ugly things? Maybe. Should you shut up and stop paying attention to people like him, and instead focus your time doing something productive or fun? Maybe. It is not my place to decide. I despise drama, so I avoid it.

2. I am too ignorant of the matter itself (I'm talking about the entire article). I am too uneducated when it comes to how Hive works, or how it should work at a "political" level. I hate politics. I try to avoid anything politically related like the plague, because I dislike it. Everyone thinks they're right, no one thinks they're wrong. Everyone has opinions and everyone has a solution for a problem, yet no one actually solves anything. That is why I always try to stay away from these things. It is not my place nor my desire to change the platform, for the better or for the worse, and having endless discussions about it won't do anything other than give me the impression that I am somehow doing something, like so many other people think, when my "contribution" is equal to nothing. I have written on the subject a few times in the past, when Steemit was still fairly young and Hive wasn't a thing, and I predicated how the platform is gonna become a shit show in time - too many people would join who don't give a crap about creating good content, and they will post so much shit in order to get even a few cents, that any good and high quality post will be buried under that shit within seconds or minutes. It happened then, on Steemit, and it's happening here, on Hive. I don't necessarily think that too many people create instead of consuming. I think that people vote shitty content instead of helping good creators rise up. When you ignore a post on a fairly important topic such as advice for young people on how to better learn coding, or the dangers of climate change, or a discussion on the impact cryptocurrencies have on the environment, and you instead upvote some random chick who uploaded a pic of herself, or some random post involving conspiracy theories, or just a post with random picture of a landscape, then you're doing a disservice to the platform itself. As I said in the past, the ability to gain money from the platform is Steemit's / Hive's best, and worse feature. In theory, it enables talented people to get rewarded for their efforts. In practice however, people who just want to make a buck take advantage of the system and use whatever shitty tactics they can to get that money. You're not receiving the rewards you want because either you're not creating content that people are interested on, which applies to me as well, or, most probably, because they get nothing out of helping you. If they vote a whale, they receive a part of the gains, and, they think, maybe the whale will notice them and will give them something, to "return the favor". In your case, you're just as poor as me, and a lot of other people on this platform. If you can't provide them the chance for monetary gain, then the chances of making some money simply by trying to be a good guy are fairly low. I only still do it because I like to write.

3. I don't like drama. I really don't. If people are assholes I just block them and that's it. I have a limited amount of time on my hands every day, because I work a lot. When I do have that free time I choose to either be productive or relax. So joining random drama isn't something I want to do. And I don't think it's something you should do either. Just do your thing, and if someone says something you don't like, block them and mind your own business.

P.S - Sorry if it takes me too much to reply to your comments, or someone else's (I might even write a quick post about this), but being at work for most of the day, and coming home either late, or simply too tired, I don't always have the time or the energy to even check Hive.