This is an excellent post which should receive more attention.

It triggered me to think about Machiavellianism in the workplace and the dark triad .

Steemit is more than just a social media site where users can get paid for their contributions, it is a huge step in the right direction where people can reclaim their lives and no longer have to be a slave to the present day system.

The founders of Steemit @dan and @ned are really big on this. Dan in particular promotes life, liberty and property. Steemit must have security to protect property (your account ownership rights).

At the same time a side effect of Steem is to promote liberty, whether it be free speech or in some other form. Recently for example a controversial figure Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from Twitter. His voice has been silenced without strong evidence or explanation and this censorship would not happen on Steem.

While Steemit could censor a controversial poster the Steem platform itself could have a darknet version where any voice could be heard. The Steem technology is bigger than Steemit. Protecting life is also possible with Steem but this is indirect, as we do not yet know what Steem will evolve into. If can protect liberty and property then at the minimum it can provide a tool people can use to protect their own lives.