It's capitalism bro.

You just stand your ground, keep posting, keep using free speech, keep doing your thing, and you will eventually be "protected" in this system.

Thing is..I can't stand up to someone with 50,000SP, but I can stand up to someone with 3000SP. There are however other anarchists/ancaps here with much more SP than that. If someone flags you repeatidely they are taking a big risk.

If some communist with 12,000SP flags you for bashing communism, that's OK. If he goes after you he risks pissing of a lot of people, That's his choice. Now all of a sudden HE might have some actual whales on HIS own ass - forever.

That's the beauty of Steemit. He has to weigh how important it is to him to take that risk.