Okay, I'll respond, though you probably won't agree with my perspective.
via Google:
It's not just physical in terms of "something." It can also be "strength of emotion or an unpleasant or destructive natural force."
This is an greedy act that is HURTING people.
That's a judgement about their motives and intentions. I believe in buyer beware. No coercion was used in any way. People bought freely and the intentions of the founders (for those who did the research) was public. They intend to sell STEEM and a lot of it. That will drive the price down for quite some time while they do that. That, IMO, is a very good thing for the long term value of STEEM and the entire platform. If they don't do that, the value of all of this would go to zero because not enough people would own STEEM to make it useful. Would that then be "stealing"?
Something is being stolen
That, to me, is kind of absurd. No force was used. If you invest in something and the investment fails, did someone steal something from you? There's no way investors can keep everyone happy. Some are in for short term gains, others for long term. Buyer beware is the only mechanism I know of which is fair for everyone. If the price of STEEM goes to $10 next year, would it still be "stealing"? You seem to be thinking in terms of a subject timescale which, to me, is completely arbitrary.
So when people screw with other people like that
That's a judgement, much like I described in my video. You're making claims about their intention to do harm to others. What if they are helping even more people by distributing STEEM and lowering the price so more investors who want in can get in?
Man up and stop bending over for these assholes.
That language is caustic. I'm not bending over for anyone and if you do feel they are "assholes" you should probably go use a different social media platform where you are more inline with the philosophy of those influencing it.
You know damn well what they're doing is wrong.
Now you're making claims about what I know. From my perspective, selling STEEM to distribute it to more people is a healthy thing that has to happen. Could they do it without smashing the price? I don't know. I don't know what their plans are for how quickly they plan to distribute STEEM. I've always talked about Steemit.com being a cryptocurrency funnel for distributing STEEM. I think it's a brilliant system.
What I do think is wrong is people investing money they aren't willing to lose into a highly volatile, speculative beta cryptocurrency system and then getting angry at those who created it when their arbitrary expectations aren't met.
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