Steemit is deciding tough decision very quickly like what to with copyright infringement and child pornography. The hive reacts quickly and powerful to things like this. It also reacts to projects that are helpful for the community and the Steem blockchain. This is the power of the hive mind.

The second you start a political discussion this effect is dead. Politics devides people to divert them from the mischief of the 1%. i don't think that hive mind has anything to do with communism. It is a natural phenomenon and cannot be reduced to ideaology.

There are many different opinions on Steemit and it is by far no Borg Mind where everyone thinks the same. But when it comes to action people can take on the platform all of a sudden we are all just human and react in a way that protects the hive over the individual. For example the individual who posts something hurtful on Steemit will be countered by community through flagging and other means. That is a form of censorship through public content. And that is the only censorship that makes sense.