The short version: There's a pissing match going on between cryptocurrency analyst 
What I do know is that people associated with 
I'm the typical privileged white American male, as an "SJW" would put it. The prize pools at the Steem Poker League don't make the difference between eating and not eating for me. I play there because it's fun and because I want to become a better poker player, not because I expect to get rich.
But it's been called to my attention that some of the players there are from countries where a dollar or two a day in prospective poker winnings could make a real difference in their standards of living.
Which means that whatever the merits of the arguments,
One of the great selling points for crypto in general and for an authorship/curation driven crypto system like Steem in particular is that it enables a worldwide exchange paradigm in which poor people can hope to achieve better lives through their own efforts without silly things like borders getting in the way.
It just so happens that I like
And I'm publicly asking
That is all.