Thank you so much for this post. I had similar thoughts but dismissed them as naive. My main objection to my thoughts was that this gift economy is not accessible to everybody and therefore not a solution to this worlds problems. Millions of people on this planet can ask for help through Steemit. But if I think about it more, Steemit is not the only gift economy. Every city, every block, every social circle can be a gift economy. Gifts don't only come in the form of money of course, they can come in the form of affection, food, shelter and many other.

The biggest barrier to entry into the gift economy is the fear of not getting anything in return.