...we have a chance.
Right now, on Steemit, Inc., as in much of the social media blogosphere, conservative/Constitutional/patriotic and Christian views, opinions and statements/articles are under very open censorship campaigns. Here on Steemit, they are taking the form of largely unprovoked, purely-ideological, pre-programmed/automated, downvoting attack campaigns by accounts that self-identify as socialist, and by a few of their less-openly-socialist associates.
The only way for minnows who espouse views that trigger socialists to survive here on Steemit (and the only way for Steemit to SURVIVE as anything other than a socialist echo chamber) is for us, as a community, to assert what I believe is our LEGAL AND PRACTICAL ownership of the block chain to change the current programmed downvoting "wink & nod" by the current resident whales and witnesses groups.
If the blockchain is private, we are screwed, and no conservatives (the vast majority of Americans, for sure) would ever be crazy enough to risk investing on this platform. That is because, no matter how hard the majority of active users might try to enact change, the "owners" (as in those who "incorporated" NOT just Steemit, Inc., but THE BLOCKCHAIN ITSELF) will always have the final say.
If, on the other hand, the blockchain is public...like a street corner, or a public gazebo, etc...no one has the right to silence you on it, or to effectively "steal" your current unclaimed earnings by eliminating (through downvoting) the ability of your posts to earn anything. You can not walk up to someone on a public venue and put your hand over their mouth because you disagree with them. But that is what SOCIALISTS are now effectively doing, here, and everywhere.
If the block chain is truly "public" we may need to address the weighting of SP as the determining factor in voting power, drastically.... I am suggesting that the more SP you own, the less voting (per unit) that SP gives you. THAT IS DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLICAN AND AMERICAN.
It is what a publicly-owned block chain must adopt or else we are on suicide watch as a community, and Steemit, Inc. will be nothing but a socialist echo chamber within a few more months.
That's how I see it. Feel free to comment.
ALSO, if you have any legal document proving ownership of the block chain, PLEASE PROVIDE THEM ASAP.
Thanks all!