My first reaction to this post was "brilliant". But then I had to look at my own behaviour and state that I hope to gain money. I've given up on gaining influence (who wants that anyway?) having posted controversial content, but that has not stopped me from scavenging a bit e.g. buying votes from bots and posting a limerick every day in order to get upvoted.....and earn steem.
So it's just about how skuzzy one is anyway.....which I guess I am....but just in a different way...? Thanks for the food for thought :) Steem on!
We are all born into this system and at some level we have to play by the rules if we want to survive.
Guess we all have to live with some level of hypocrisy. But once we are AWARE of it, we can actively swim against the stream. UP and not DOWN 🙂
Yes, thanks - I like that :)