**Two months ago, and even back into December, I had Steemit Community Discussions as a podcast with other people to discuss some things related to Steemit. In the after show we would get into even more serious talks where I would share some thoughts and notes on things I was writing.** 

**I wanted to bring awareness to the community about issues that need to be addressed, issues that will help to improve Steemit by understanding Steemit in relation to the real world.**

**Previously planned topics and issues to deal with on Steemit:**
- *what would steemit look like in a real world model (so that we can understand what is going right or wrong)*
- *work for rewards vs. lazy no effort rewarding*
- *what will build long-term success*
- *issues with bots*
- *gambling mentality 0-risk free-lottery picking scams*

@bitcoinparadise, @charlie777pt, @seablue, and @sirlunchthehost  are some of the people who had heard me talk about these things, and I told them I was planning on talking about them in Steemit posts. The flag issue came up and it wasn't going to stop. I was involved in being hit by them, and so were others. But others don't seem to care so much about what is happening with flags even if they are affected... No one else was standing against it, so I did because, indeed, I was personally affected by it and had enough.

I'm not new to controversy. I know how this works when you speak up. I have experience in this. Staying silent gets you more comfort and convenience, especially in success that you already enjoy. Speaking up is a risk. I knew what I was doing. I did it because it's right. I had to put my personal preference to just keep being successful aside, and do what needed to be done, regardless of the tole it would take on my success.

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**If you care about something, and want to stop falsity from getting into what you care about, then learning about what is false and why it is such, is required. Self-knowledge barriers need to be taken down so that actualizing and realizing what is right can be done.**

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**These posts are some psychological tools and material that I was laying out to prime people into wanting to learn and do something about issues:**

- [Our Universal Duty and Privilege](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/our-universal-duty-and-privilege)

- [Barriers to Change: Fear, Being a Victim, and Not Saying No is Automatically Saying Yes](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/barriers-to-change-fear-being-a-victim-and-not-saying-no-is-automatically-saying-yes)

- [Until we get it, we just don't get it... truth takes time, I learned that reality](https://steemit.com/truth/@krnel/until-we-get-it-we-just-don-t-get-it-truth-takes-time-i-learned-that-reality)

- [Keep Your Head Down, Don't Rock the Boat!](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/keep-your-head-down-don-t-rock-the-boat)

- [Learn from Falsity](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/learn-from-falsity)

- [Can we handle the full freedom and responsibility of anarchy? Not yet... but we can learn to!](https://steemit.com/anarchy/@krnel/can-we-handle-the-full-freedom-and-responsibility-of-anarchy-not-yet-but-we-can-learn-to)

- [The Power of Unbecoming, Apophasis and Wei Wu Wei - Empower Yourself to Change, and Change the World!](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/the-power-of-unbecoming-apophasis-and-wei-wu-wei-empower-yourself-to-change-and-change-the-world)

- [Standing Up for What is Right, Good and True, is Standing Up for Yourself](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/standing-up-for-what-is-right-good-and-true-is-standing-up-for-yourself)

- [Standing Up and Standing Out - The Fear of Ostracism is Worse than Death](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/standing-up-and-standing-out-the-fear-of-ostracism-is-worse-than-death)

- [Seeking Truth and Morality Comes from the Core of Who We Are](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/seeking-truth-and-morality-comes-from-the-core-of-who-we-are)

- [Free Will Choice and Causal Determinism](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/free-will-choice-and-causal-determinism)

- [Objective and Subjective Defined](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/objective-and-subjective-defined)

- [Empowering Change by Creating a Market for Truth!](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/empowering-change-by-creating-a-market-for-truth)

- [Get to the Root Cause](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/get-to-the-root-cause)

- [Changing Minds is Hard, Especially When Identity is Attached to a Belief](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/changing-minds-is-hard-especially-when-identity-is-attached-to-a-belief)

- [Shooting Ourselves in the Foot by Leading with a Carrot](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/shooting-ourselves-in-the-foot-by-leading-with-a-carrot)

- [Understanding What is Right, Good, and Moral is Our Responsibility](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/understanding-what-is-right-good-and-moral-is-our-responsibility)

- [Characters and Our Character - The Etymology of Morality](https://steemit.com/morality/@krnel/characters-and-our-character-the-etymology-of-morality)

- [When Will the Tyranny and Corruption End? When We Choose to No Longer Support It](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/when-will-the-tyranny-and-corruption-end-when-we-choose-to-no-longer-support-it)

- [What is Good or Evil? The Good and Evil Continuum, Spectrum, Scale or Degrees](https://steemit.com/morality/@krnel/what-is-good-or-evil-the-good-and-evil-continuum-spectrum-scale-or-degrees)

- [Great Ideas? Average Events? Small People?](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/great-ideas-average-events-small-people)

- [My “Freedom”, My “Truth”, My "Life" and My "Survival"](https://steemit.com/freedom/@krnel/my-freedom-my-truth-my-life-and-my-survival)

- [Caring for Truth and the Responsibility to Learn](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/caring-for-truth-and-the-responsibility-to-learn)

- [The Infatuation with "Positivity" and Doing "Good"](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/the-infatuation-with-positivity-and-doing-good)

- [How Emotions Manipulate People Into Accepting Information](https://steemit.com/psychology/@krnel/how-emotions-manipulate-people-into-accepting-information)

- [Raise a Little Hell - Fight for What's Right!](https://steemit.com/standingup/@krnel/raise-a-little-hell-fight-for-what-s-right)

- [Speak Truth to Create Change](https://steemit.com/truth/@krnel/speak-truth-to-create-change)

- [Motivating Quotes to Take a Stand and Speak Up](https://steemit.com/quotes/@krnel/motivating-quotes-to-take-a-stand-and-speak-up)

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**There are other posts as well, prior to the two months period where I was trying to really target specific self-knowledge barriers. These posts also deal with understanding ourselves more so that we can act when needed in order to change things for the better.**

- [Are You the Author and Authority of Your Authentic Life?](https://steemit.com/authority/@krnel/are-you-the-author-and-authority-of-your-authentic-life)

- [Be a Phoenix](https://steemit.com/alchemy/@krnel/be-a-phoenix)

- [Do we stand in truth together, or stand alone?](https://steemit.com/truth/@krnel/do-we-stand-in-truth-together-or-stand-alone)

- [Break Free From the Current](https://steemit.com/freedom/@krnel/break-free-from-the-current)

- [Our Current Condition](https://steemit.com/society/@krnel/our-current-condition)

- [Infatuation with the Image of Good and of Being Positive](https://steemit.com/positive/@krnel/infatuation-with-the-image-of-good-and-of-being-positive)

- [The Veil of Good that Evil Hides Within](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@krnel/the-veil-of-good-that-evil-hides-within)

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**I hope some people go through some of this to understand the importance of facing the negative, learning about it, and then standing up to change the current condition we find ourselves in. We have the power of consciousness to affect change, if we empower ourselves with knowledge of ourselves and the world.**

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#### Thank you for your time and attention! I appreciate the knowledge reaching more people. Take care. Peace.

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