Yes, 'concise and correct' is very important.

What I was getting at in the quoted text is 'directly in Steem', not in SBD that is effectively an IOU for Steem. The overall semantics of this passage is meant to be an argument for why SBD exists in the first place. Does that clear that up for you? Basically, it is an explanation of why being paid in Steem directly is a problem and the solution to that problem is SBD.