If you are reading this, YOU are the Revolution

in #steemit7 years ago

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There is massive change taking place. You can feel it. Everything feels a little unbalanced lately. Things are getting crazier. The economy is on the brink. Politics have become a complete gong show and governments aren't changing; they just continue to kick the can down the road for as long as they possibly can. Image Credit

If you have been feeling stuck, no way out, lacking control under the current system I'm here to tell you things are about to change.

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The Revolution is here

And you are part of it. Steem, the platform you are reading this post on is a mechanism that offers all people of the world the ability to create content in exchange for value. In fact, Steem offers almost unlimited creation of wealth in exchange for creative content.

For the first time in human history, the creation of money is not longer restricted to world governments. Individuals now have it in their power to create their own money through cryptocurrencies.

Historically, currency was pegged to a finite resource (like gold) to give it tangible value. Today world currencies aren't pegged to anything other than the faith of the people using it.

Steem = Social Value of Creative Content

Today we have a new paradigm shift. Steem offers the world a new currency pegged to the social value of creative content.

What this does is incentivize what we humans do best - allow us to explore our naturally creative nature and in some cases sustain ourselves entirely from this pursuit. In fact, I personally would like to see more full-time authors and content creators on steem and support this initiative 100%.

Money and the creation of money is the tool world governments and world banks have used to create prosperity or poverty because up until now their currency was the only established "medium of exchange" we had to choose from. Today, we have a new weapon in this currency war - Ability to create our own.

Cryptocurrencies have given us the ability to create money. Money in the sense that we now have something which is an easy medium of exchange, divisible, portable, fungible, has immutable record-keeping and offers a potential store of value.

When cryptocurrencies are pegged to something of value - in the case of Steem, to the social value of creative content, we have a revolution. Now we have the ability to create a currency and peg something of value to it - We now have the ability to create value and distribute it as we deem fit.

Steem is an example of the first large scale creation and distribution of wealth based on the social value of the content created. It truely is a mechanism to bring humanity closer together by creating a community that actively supports and assigns value to creative works.

Our world is stricken with lack of job opportunities, poverty and huge gaps in wealth equality. This can all change. Steem is open to all citizens of the world. Your country of birth, geographic location, race, creed or religion is not pertinent. With a low barrier of entry - you only need access to the internet and a computer to participate.

Please Continue to Support and Participate in this Revolution

Welcome to the revolution. You are participating in a worldwide phenomenon that offers humanity at large the ability to create wealth and prosperity through the social value of creative content, without borders, without restrictions.

For the first time in history, we the people have a direct and immediate impact and say in the creation and distribution of wealth through this process.

Your participation in Steem truly helps make the world a better place! One upvote at a time, one post at a time. Please help support this advancement in humanity by participating on this platform.

Upvote content you like, share and resteem. Let your friends know, spread the word on other social networks. If you have ever felt the world could be better and wanted to do something about it - This is how you can help make it a better place. You have the ability to participate in the distribution of wealth and vote on the types of creative content that is important to you.

If you liked this post and would like to see more content like this, please upvote and resteem.
Your feedback is very important to me and I encourage you to leave your comments below. Thanks.

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This post has received a 4.76 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @altcointrends.

Nice speech but it's not that easy. Social value is based on what? Historically, and we can see this today.. Social value is based on popularity and popularity preys on the lowest of human emotions. Not everyone is creative and some of the most creative are so esoteric that most people don't get what they're trying to communicate via their art.

This isn't to trash the "revolution" I'm all for decentralization of currency and most other things associated with wealth generation. I'm just pointing out some roadblocks that might pop up.

Steemit is part of the web... it's a social network of sorts and as such it's limited by its population and that population's collective desires, likes dislikes etc. Thus a person's Steemit wallet rises or not based more on popularity than creativity... which is basically the entertainment industry model of today...

Plus, and correct me if I'm wrong, I'd have to convert my Steemit to paper currency or some other crypto if I wanted to buy dinner, right? And just as exchanging one paper currency to another that involves a fee, so purchasing power is reduced, right?

The paper currencies of the world may or may not collapse (as the precious metal investors seem to be hoping for). The rise of cryptos I believe will render gold and silver obsolete as "money" - this, I know is economic blasphemy.... how many times have the gold bugs repeated, "Gold has been money for over 5000 years"? Well, viva la revolucion! Gold hasn't been worth over $1300 USD an oz. since the Presidential election.

Anyway... sorry about the rant. I'm no economist, just a social observer. There are probably lots of holes in my vision. As for faith in currencies, tangible or crypto.... that's vital.... back to the dinner example. If, for instance, this rant, can generate enough steem that I can go out and buy a meal with it, and the owner of the restaurant can take that same steem and cover his/her expenses, then, it seems to me, we have a viable currency.

Cheers.. Good luck Steemit...

I'm sure we are very close to days where we will be able to buy most things via cryptocurrencies - maybe only 5 years away for many countries. As for this "revolution", absolutely it's governed by human nature, its good side and bad side.

Cryptocurrencies and the technologies built upon them are revolutionary and here's hoping it's all for the better :)

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