I was looking at HiveBuzz.me and realized that I haven't completed the monthly post challenge on HIVE. I've done this challenge on other platforms.
I started the game, but none of my posts received upvotes; so I stopped.
I have a confession. I did the challenge on SteemIt during the 100 Days of Steem. The steemit curators were giving huge upvotes for low quality content. I did something like 45 days in a row, but didn't get any upvotes.
The challenge is not about getting upvotes. It is about writing a post every day.
I thought about writing blog style posts on BlogToken.
Now for a Good BlogToken Post:
It rained today. You can see the rain falling and bubbling over when it hit the garbage bin across the street.
The end popped off the gutter. This is rain cascading down from the roof:
This was one of the heaviest rains I've experienced here in the desert. I thought about walking around taking pictures of rain with my camera ... but I didn't want to get my camera wet. People in rainy places probably know more about rain than people who live in dry places.
I think rain, and nature for that matter, is fascinating. My pictures of native plants received zero upvotes here on HIVE. The plants that are native to Utah are not of interest outside this area. I like Mulesears, Glacier Lilies and even Curly Cup Gum Weed.
No-one outside the region is going to find Curly Cup Gum Weed interesting. Planting it in a garden is ludicrous. Even though it has a gummy flower, it is a prolific weed. It would be considered an invasive in other climates.
I really don't find blog type posts that interesting.
Should I Write About Political History?
I watched a TV show with the news commentator pictured below. He is hawking his new book which talks about how a new strain of neo-Marxists have infiltrated education and the larger of the two American political parties.
The talking head below is right. The radical left in in the United States is stark raving mad. Unfortunately, the talking heads on Fox News do not research issues in depth.
As you see, both the radical left and reactionary right are playing a dangerous game of controlled opposition.
I've been wanting to publish a series that shows that Conservatism and Progressivism came from the same source. Both conservatism and progressivism have the goal of creating a command and control society. Both conservatism and progressivism end up creating oppressive regimes.
What I want to say about political history is quite interesting. Conservatism and Progressivism were created by the monarchy. The left/right split itself was designed as a mechanism to clamp down on individual freedoms and to promote central control.
The Left was created with the belief that the state is the engine of progress. The goal of the left was to created a counter revolution that would re-establish the central control of the monarchy.
Conservatism was created by reactionary thinkers who want to retain the social structure of the monarchy.
One side of the split wants to restore the monarchy. The other wants to conserve the social structure of the monarchy.
The people on both sides of the split claw at eachother like savage beasts. This hides the fact that the split is controlled opposition. Both sides are using hatred of their opposition in an effort to gain control.
Exposing the left/right split is extremely interesting.
But I've noticed that political posts on HIVE tend to go wrong. My argument that the left and right came from the same source and share the same end is one of the most difficult arguments to make on a social media platform.
Levin might be a hero to some readers on the forum and they would be upset to see my criticism. Others might hold Dewey in esteem (after all John Dewey created the Dewey Decimal System, did he not? and a person who catalogs books can't be all that bad.)
An argument that the left/right split was created by advocates of the monarchy will get both sides of the culture war mad at me.
Where Would I Put Such an Argument?
HIVE is a place where people like to talk about crypto. Posts about history do poorly. I've researched the tribes. I don't think any of the tribes (with the possible exception of POB) would be interested in what I have to say.
POB might like the series because it is about the ideas at the foundation of society. The first posts would be about the discovery of logic and the history of logic and the liberal arts.
Anyway, I've thought about writing this series of articles from the moment I joined HIVE.
Anyway, I would like to try the Hivebuzz month challenge. The smart course of action is simply to report steps on BlogToken and talk about the rain.
I would rather talk about substantive issues. I am using blogtoken.io for this post as it was about the rain.
If I wrote a post about the history of western philosophy: Where should it go? I talk favorably of the human mind. I will explore the origins of science which makes STEM a possible location.
The later posts will talk about politics and the rise of the left/right split and how this absurd split manages to infiltrate and destroy all facets of our life including education, politics and health care.
Anyway, it would be fun to write an article a day for a month. Should I write substantive or banal articles? and what tribe should I use if I follow the dark path and discuss the history of ideas?