What started out as reply, kinda turned into post - One that is relevant. 
So I  made it into post.

Everything  that @whatsup said was pretty  accurate, which is fine if you're focusing on the small picture.

NONE of my posts are focusing on the small picture.
Hive was the  acting as 'the petri dish' of a social experiment.
A successful experiment (unfortunately).

You can read her entire comment in  here...
https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@lucylin/proof-of-no-brain-is-exposed-by-using-the-having-skin-in-the-game-as-a-valid-argument



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Here's the reply....
@whatsup...

You miss my point entirely.
As I've said (many times) - I am _intentionally_ framing HIVE as _the_ ecosystem. 
***Not 'a' ecosystem...  _'The'_ ecosystem***.

That being the case (i.e there is 'nowhere else to go' in this thought experiment),  the ecosystem is a tyrannical one.

Now, imagine if the DPoS ideology and system was suddenly transposed to _actually cover_ the entire world.

Would you like your children and grandchildren to live under this system ? (90% being of 'the peasant class' and under the non judicial, and totally  arbitrary decision making of 'our lords and masters'- large stakeholders).

No...rule...of...law...(laws being the manifestation of societies moral codes).

As part of  experiment, I then railed against 'the system' to illustrate the weaknesses inherent in it. 
It's not that very different than feudalism of the middle ages.
No 'law', just arbitrary decisions based on who has 'the power'.

So.... continuing with this thought experiment...I then decided to speak out about it, pointing out the qualities of DPoS.

The results are very, very clear. 
This is no different to how 'dissent' was dealt with any 'uprisings'. 
No different.

Think about it...
***I am one person*** in , say, 4000 users on Hive... and just look at 'the power' that has descended upon ***the single voice of dissent***.

_If you cannot see this, I really don't know what to say_.

So yes, believe it or not, I _do_ understand how it all works.
And 'Opt in' only applies if their is somewhere else to go. 


###### Would you like your  children to be have no other option but a mandatory 'opting in'. (think the USSR)
....And if they spoke out?   
They were victimized just because they didn't have  'power?'

DPoS is the modern version of a 800 year old system.
I think modern day feudalism is NOT the way to go.


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My experiment illustrated this perfectly.

The lack of growth over 4 years, and the abysmal retention rates show quite clearly how many people wish to 'opt in' and how many _do not_ wish to.
_(...and yeah,I think that the current marketing campaign will not yield  results,  as a result of this - and not because the marketeers are not doing their job.... 'Lipstick on a pig', and all that..)_

##### Morals (integrity being a part of that), are human qualities.
Social structures _require_ a moral framework to function properly...
_We are moral beings_.

We have 'free' societies _because_ we are moral beings - and use law to enforce these morals codes.

DPoS (feudalism - you get paid for producing and pleasing your masters) is without moral code.
DPoS _encourages_ the mindset of non moral actions. 
Might is right.
***This is a regressive mindset*** - not some new, 'modern economy' model.
The system will not endure. 
History tells us this to be so - over and over again - this is not my hypothesis, it's verifiable.

My framing of DpoS was intentional - so as to isolate it, and in doing so, raise  the much broader  issues that I was trying bring up.
For clarities sake, isolating Hive and using it as 'the ecosystem' worked . 
##### _***Principals scale up***_.

My point was to show (through action) the reality of the structure - which couldn't have been  illustrated better - or any clearer - than if I'd actually paid someone to do it!
(which I suppose I _did_ pay for -  if you calculate in the downvoting)

###### Bad ideas can grow if they are not challenged.

Imagine DPoS - as _the_ accepted system of running things.
It's a ***bad idea***.. (feudalism, tyranny, etc)

Now ....imagine it going totally unchallenged, and it resulted in your children growing up under such a system - Simply _because it was allowed to go unchallenged and grow_ .
(no 'opt in' option, not in this 'brave new world').

#### This was never anything to do with Hive.
 
Only the reactive, brain dead, avaricious people at the top, see it this way. 
Why?...
Because my criticisms brought out the philosophical truths, and the lack of moral responsibility... ('evil', being the lack of moral responsibility).

This was an experiment in a controlled environment.
Hive being that environment.

An experiment that has - unfortunately - returned the results that I fully expected. 
#### All now fully observable,  through _actions_ - for the world to see.

#### This was never about hive - it was far more important.

This was _all_ about seeing the dangers of letting a bad idea proliferate.

###### Blockchain has such fantastic potential - Something can can change the world for the better.
DPoS  as a 'new model' or 'economic system', or 'system of governance'  - is not fulfilling that potential.
The weaknesses of it are now glaringly obvious to anyone with any moral code and an IQ over 94.

#### I wasn't joking when I said 'parents who support DPoS as a system, support the enslavement of their own future generations'.

I don't have kids, just a granddaughter - not even genetically connected - _but I'll be fucked if I'll _ever_ be silenced - and let her be a slave to the very same type of low IQ, morally bankrupt  moron wankers, who just _loooove_ to  exhibit their power over others on here_....


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By not 'standing up'  and instead,  sucking up to the said (sad) morons, it's _endorsing this system_. 
Either through silence, or support.
_I have emails from users on here supporting my stance, but too afraid to speak up from fear of retribution..How twisted is that in an 'opt in' system? ..A culture of fear in a voluntary system? Seriously? It's absurd_.

#### It's a system that I would hate for my grandchild to be forced into.

It's a disgusting thought.

##### Just imagine if the low IQ brain cancer of marxism, was held in check  in the early days...
No USSR, and holmodors and 30 million corpses. 
No 100 million Chinese deaths. 
No Cambodia with - with nearly A QUARTER of it's population exterminated.
### ....yeah - they were all someone's kids, to...

###### ... all because of bad ideas not being held in check...

I hope this clarifies my position.


This has nothing to do with Hive, and all to do with allowing bad ideas to go unchallenged.
Bad ideas going unchecked  + the butterfly effect = misery for future generations.

Some people can turn a blind eye to moral wrongs in the name of avarice, greed, and power -   and fuck the future generations prosperity. 
_The type of people with that kind of 'nasgul  mindset', who lack of any moral responsibility, and who have no ability to see the bigger  picture_  are my  adversaries....bless.

###### I'm not - nor will ever be -  one of those people.

...How's Mr Whatsup doing nowadays, btw? -  Good, I hope !


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