You probably know that I lean to the left, but I am not an all-out socialist (a dirty word in some places). Very few people are as most of us like some freedom to own stuff and not be totally controlled by the state. This doesn't mean we can't be friends as we may have more in common than what divides us. There are forces at work trying to polarise society for their own ends, but most of us are actually somewhere in the middle politically.

I tend to think that being at the extreme end of anything is bad as it gives you little room for compromise.

I see a range of political views here and that's fine. What you do see is unlikely to be representative of what the general population thinks as moderates are less likely to speak out.

Hive can be seen as a capitalist playground to gain personal wealth as well as a tool to distribute it. As long as we can achieve some balance between those it has a chance of persisting.