I can't exactly understand how you see attacking innocent content creators as heavenly.

Well, for one, it's not an attack, in the same way that downvoting for reddit isn't an attack.

It's little more than stating "this doesn't belong here".

Given that steemit has self-governance, it only makes sense that those with more invested will have more of a say.

And much to the contrary. There are no innocents here. Just opinions. Steem is based on the subjective evaluation of content.

If we like it, we upvote. If we don't, we downvote. Little more to it than that.

To call this a non-free market would be folly - businesses get bought out, merged, or straight destroyed all the time, and somehow nobody blinks an eye.

Some poor artist gets downvoted and loses nothing (do note that losing potential payouts is not an actual loss, and doesn't stand in court), and everyone loses their minds.

I guess it is pretty obvious that 1000 dollar self-upvotes are totally fair around here so I look forward to the future of steemit.

I've no problem with that. I wonder why people do. For one, if this guy can do it, so can I. This means it's worthwhile sticking with the platform.

Secondly, 90% of content on SteemIt (as of Jan 31 2018 for time travelers) is pretty damn bad. Not all of it is to the point where I'd downvote, but some of it? Absolutely.