RE: Doing something to get paid, and doing something because it fuels you at a deeper level
Yeah, the two usually don't go hand in hand. I too had to take on a job again that I dislike in order to pay the bills.
I think what makes Steemit (for now) still an awesome dynamic is that despite the paid votes and greedy mechanisms some have created it still allows for other communities where people care and share with one another, even in a financial sense. I suspect that as long as there is a financial possibility there will always be those who scheme to take as much as they can. For a gifting economy to work, it has to be accounted for.
Just curious, but have you ever considered writing a fictional story of a person who undergoes some fantastic struggle as they learn the principles you have been sharing that
it's too complex for most people to bother going through.
Movies and books that do this are often blockbusters (Star Wars, The Matirx, etc).
The desire for money is an issue for sure. Money doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt money. Money is just a medium after all. The psyche/consciousness is the one that perverts things in our world :/
I've though of it, but I'm not one for fiction. I am direct and to the point to elucidate something. The allegorical devices are wonderful, but take so long to brings forth some points. It's good to demonstrate though for a more exemplified understanding, but not something I'm particularly good at ...