Capitulation- the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand.

God willing, this post will be the last time I ever type the name Hive account@haejin ever again.

I'm at the end of my rope. I'm done. Capitulation has come and I am just plain over it.

I've tried to be a part of the battle. I have attempted to maintain my good name as a Steward of Gondor by participating as a healer and a flagger where I was able. I tried to be funny, I tried to be factual, I tried to rationalize with people. But to my point of view the progress being made is exactly zero.

There's no convincing Haejin's followers that he is not the second coming of Satoshi, and he will lead them to wealth beyond their imagining. Point out that he is not upvoting any of their content and they say that they are upvoting him for the wealth he brings them outside of Steem with his Crypto Calls. Point out that his crypto calls are crap and they say they are making money anyway. HOW??!?!?

I still am fully behind the efforts being made by Hive account@berniesanders and Hive account@fulltimegeek. There are may people who are continuing the battle, and they have my admiration. But as for me... Well:

I didn't come to Steem to be obsessed with fighting one person who refuses to be reasoned with and is content to suck the life out of the platform while the company behind the platform sit by and do nothing. So while the war rages on, it is time for me, on a personal level to throw in the towel.

I'm tired of beating my head against the wall. My energy is better spent working on The Fresh Five, getting back to the curation efforts that I feel support the platform, and hell, having some fun here!

Yeah I have had my will to be here shaken by this battle. You can see this in the number of posts I haven't posted of late. I can't say my faith in this platform as a whole is exactly stable right now, but I am giving the benefit of a doubt.

Quite honestly, I spent a majority of last weekend considering how much Steem Power to power down and send to the exchanges in the hopes of catching a market upswing and selling into what I would consider to be a more promising investment. In the end I have not powered down anything (easily verifiable), though this is still an option on the table I will consider as time progresses and Steem either works out these reward pool issues or it doesn't.

But I will no longer be party to the battle.

Okay... So I don't consider this a loss. I STRONGLY believe I have been on the right side of this war. And I remain as staunch supporter of those who find this a fight worth continuing.

But for me, I don't see the point of my continued stress and unhappiness due to it. For those who see it as worthwhile, you have my admiration, and I will attempt to support you with my upvotes when I can, though I am fixing to embark on a delegation project that will lower my SP to plankton levels, so there is only so much I will be able to do.

Chris Walken says it best. I do not regret being a part of the fight. I do not regret any of the posts I created, or arguments I made as a part of the war. But I also see that I have been able to sway exactly zero of Haejin's followers with my arguments, so I will use my energies for things I enjoy more. I Surrender. This fight is no longer mine to fight. If it ever really was to begin with.

I hope that all the people I follow make it through to the other side of this battle and a resolution can be found in good time.

All the best! I will no longer talk about Haejin. Please don't try to make me talk about him in the comments. I politely refuse.