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In a previous post of mine, the one about HF25, 
Obviously 35 devs in an atmosphere like this is a massive accomplishment. Almost sounds too good to be true. I'm not the only one that thinks so.
For those of you who don't know this gem, he's the creator of dTube. A self-important emotionally damaged narcissist with major delusions of persecution and grandeur. I like him.
"Pardon me if I don't shake hands."
So anyway yeah there's a reason why he's got a negative reputation, not that our reputation system is valid in any sense of the word, but you get the idea. But he brings up a good point: you shouldn't just believe what you are told, especially from those in high positions of power.
If I recall correctly 
Would it really have been such a stretch to just, you know, ask for evidence? I guess so. Personally I will not ask for such evidence because I'm already on record as not caring. Even if Hive had no core development for the next ten years and we were "dead in the water", we'd still be fine. The functionality we have today is more than enough for builders to connect to the core and tap into this community and associated high-grade security.
Regulation? Really?
And then he goes on to talk about "regulation", undermining his entire position. These are SELF-REGULATING governance systems. There will be no regulations. We are the country. Hive is the country that makes its own laws. We are a sovereign nation. This is exactly how I was able to stand on the foundation that both the Hive fork and the subsequent Steem fork were not theft.
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Remember when @Blocktrades explained how a fork is not theft and you ate that shit up like it was candy?
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Again, we regulate ourselves, that's the entire point. To say that the laws of some other nation are going to govern Hive shows a complete lack understanding as to where this is going. Be frustrated all you want about how greed ruins everything; being mad doesn't solve anything.
This all takes time. If you think bad actors are in control of too much Hive and they are dumping their bags... then so be it. Coins can only be dumped once, and then that stake goes into the bags of someone more trustworthy. That's how this works. Too much crying. Too many thirsty whiners living in absolute scarcity instead of abundance.
At a certain point, scarcity is just a state of mind, just ask the millionaires and billionaires who, no matter how much they have, never seem to have enough. Even a billionaire can live in scarcity mindset. In fact, the only way to become a billionaire is to do just that, ironically enough.
What we are trying to do here is build strong communities, not strong individuals that sap all the gains they can from the community like the legacy economy. Yeah, sometime the leeches move on in and sell their souls for a quick buck, but given time this space will evolve into something much greater than that, and those who've shown their true colors as the enemy will not be given any kind of power in the new world. Perhaps that's just my idealist take that will never see the light, who knows.