That's one way to go about discussion I guess.

If you don't mind me asking, when you say intent of Steem/Steemit. What does that mean?

I ask that because Steemit Inc is a corporate entity and as business I would their intent is profit.

As for Steem, we both know it's a blockchain with a variety of users and variety of intentions for use. Some may be concerned only profit while others relish in social interaction or the conveyance of ideas, art, humor or other things under the sun.

It's reasonable to desire users to be fair in their appraisals of value to the network so I believe that idea is articulated in some sense in [@calluna](https://steemit.com/@calluna)'s comment. It was thoughtful but you don't have to agree with everything she said which obviously you don't.

But did really have to go an zero it completely? She took the time to engage the community in an intelligible way. May I ask you to remove the downvotes and, if you wish, place them on me.

You post about Steem being like a desert yet you seem to lack self-awareness of how you contribute to that.

Do you want a network of Yes-Men repeating only ideas that are palatable to your wordview or do you want to be challenged?

Debate and discussion is good for the platform but seems you are quelling with opinion flags.

Hope my contrary opinion is well received. Have a good day.

The author behind @berniesanders is also the  @kingdong / @nextgencrypto /  @ngc  group of accounts who claims to own the top twenty witness line up.                                                                     He is also loves to boast that he holds thousands of accounts.
He uses these accounts for:
Self Voting mainly.
Voting witnesses.
Flagging content which is not supported by main stream media
Flagging random accounts (usually small accounts) as a cover for his more earnest censorship work.
He takes great delight in tormenting random small accounts and those who want to make the world a better place, plus it’s a great cover for his real work of censorship and fucking up the platform.
These abuses are all conducted with the FULL SUPPORT of the top 20 Witness @themarkymark
The markymark (Malcom) seems like a nice guy on the surface, but he is corrupt to the core and cares not one jot about bullshitting you, right to your face. Just another politician.
These two individuals have become like a gangrenous limb which needs to be amputated in order to save the body.
It’s time for us to grow up and take responsibility for our own environments people.
The latest HF is designed for the sole purpose of enriching this group of accounts. Notice that we will have free flags soon. Being the largest holders of Steem every flag returns something to the reward pool which will increase his daily rewards substantially.  
He has thousands of votes to give witnesses because he has thousands of accounts.
PS he is also the largest SELF VOTER here. sad isnt it?