What a whirlwind my first week on Steemit has been.
I went from not knowing what it was, to making my first post and making nearly $15,000, to making a few more posts which made another $15,000.
I posted yesterday and within 2 hours I had 500+ upvotes and it had made over $2,000. I was well on my way to becoming a steemillionaire!
I asked my assistant to dial up the local yacht dealership to purchase a new yacht, when... all of a sudden it had only made $1,000.
I motioned to my assistant to tell them I'd call them back.
"Why?" she asked.
"I seem to be losing Steem," I said as I squinted at my 65" monitor.
"What's Steem?" she asked.
"Don't ask questions, worker! I own you!" I snapped back.
The rest of the night I pondered on what was going on. I also began to realize why anarcho-communists hate us capitalists so much.
But, then, I woke up the next morning and WHAM!
My last post was down to $122.04! I checked the upvotes and I had 762 upvotes.
My mind raced.
"I've been robbed," I screamed at my assistant, nearly knocking over my Grey Goose dirty martini.
She didn't respond, she knows better.
"120 dollars?" I shrieked, "That'll barely pay a day's wage for my chef, driver, gardener, maid and bodyguard!"
Someone forwarded me this article, "Berwicks Last Stand".
I quickly read through it as my whole Steem world was falling apart.
He posted this screenshot:
My jaw dropped. Bernie Sanders! Of all the people, I should've known!
Apparently, @berniesanders, is a whale on Steemit and, inline with his philosophy, he took dictatorial control to censor me!
And, like the communist he is, he quickly absconded with my hard earned Steem and shared the wealth with others!
Now, impoverished by communism, I am wondering where my next 7 course meal will come from!
And, I'm left wondering, if we can't have a blockchain based social network free of the right of private individuals like Bernie Sanders to make personal decisions about who receives Steem then what do we have left?
What, I ask you!
I will continue on here at Steem, answering the question, "Would Jeff Berwick post here if he wasn't making millions of dollars?"
The answer, for now, is yes. I still believe in this thing goddammit.
My workers, of course, will have to take a pay cut though, of course. Caviar isn't cheap.
I just hope that Bernie Sanders can now see how his communist wealth sharing policies really hurts the little man, and woman.
"Maria? Tell my child labor slaves to make up a new batch of silk tissues, I feel a tear coming on."
Just kidding, I am a narcissistic capitalist. I don't cry.
[*Edit: Unbelievably, a few people thought this post was serious (Like this guy! @kdugar/why-dollar-vigilante-is-an-a-shole-and-needs-to-be-taught-how-to-respect-people)! It was sarcasm and creative writing. @berniesanders has the right to do whatever he wants in a free market. I have no problem at all with it and find it fascinating to see how Steemit evolves and how things like whales evolve to adapt to content. It's an experiment in the free market on the blockchain. It's beautiful. What Bernie did, though, could spark a discussion about the role of whales and the usage of the "flagging" option which is a healthy discussion, one that I'll likely delve into in future.]