_Who joins Steemit to talk about Steemit?_

Maybe there are those who join the platform for that reason, but the main reason that I joined Steemit was that there was a message that I was going to deliver to the world, and Steemit felt like the right place to do it. 

<h5>Upon joining, I quickly found that Steemit was _already delivering that message,_ and I discovered that there were already Steemians saving the world here, one upvote at a time.</h5>

<h3>It was like I’d come to put a sports car into space, only to find that Steemit had already put a Lambourghini on the moon.</h3>

So then, _what kind of new ideas had I expected to bring here?_ 

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<center><h2>Real Human Nature</h2></center>

I originally came here to begin pointing out the human kindness that is so prevelant, and yet is so often forgotten— the real human nature that is happening everywhere around the world— the everyday goodness which often might be overlooked.

<h3>I really came here to talk about a sort of fractal society, where each individual is their own monarchy, each voluntarily interacting with whom they choose.</h3> 
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<center><h2>Steemit was already doing it.</h2></center>

I was going to see if anyone could help me to imagine what a gift economy might be like, where rewards are shared between members of communities, and a world where individuals instinctively help out strangers because it’s the natural thing to do.
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I came here to imagine communities of these very human individuals, being free to interact, all combining their knowledge with the entire world with such friendship that eventually all national borders might become seen as suggestion rather than law.

<h3>There could be a world— I thought— where those old walls and gates would simply represent cultural distinctions, but that we would all still blend as humans, beings with more similarities than differences.</h3>

<h1>_Steemit was already doing it._</h1>

These weren’t necessarily my original concepts, I see. The natural goodness of humanity is noticeable, and our caring and compassion is sort of what we do.

Truly, the idea of a voluntary society might easily come to anyone on Earth by merely observing how people behave in their everyday interaction, naturally. 

It might become obvious how people enjoy sharing their stories, their food, friendship, and their lives with others, and we might see how people really are, in real life.

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<center><h2>Humans are Really Kinda Cool</h2></center>

It’s amazing how human kindness and caring have been so well highlighted in life, yet we were always told that it was rare.

<h3>History might tend to suggest that we would have all killed each other by now through wars and conflict, and yet, we live.</h3> 

<center><h2>A Common Goal</h2></center> 

I came to tell people that those other people were not bad, and that there was goodness inside and out of everyone— that we could find a way to incorporate that goodness into the world.

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<center><h2>The Fractal Society</h2></center>

I came prepared to share, but I was unprepared for what I found. Steemit showed me the fractal society that I had imagined, with individuals— unhindered by external authority and threat of violence— sharing their visions of the future, and I recognized my tribe in an instant.

Steemit showed me the gift economy that had only been dreamed of before, and showed a way for us to nurture those who had been less fortunate along the way. I saw the world that I’d imagined, and it had become reality.

I was shown a fractal society that was better than I’d imagined, as the wealth of the Steemit community was decentralized to the point where even those who had no chance in the old world could generate their own value, share it with others, and create a feedback loop of giving and coordinated support. 

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<center><h3>The Old Money Was Designed to Constrict a Community’s Flow of Energy</h3></center>

In the past, the money served only to restrict the natural flow of goodness in the world. Every dollar was worshipped, and was widely seen as a way to free anyone who could get their hands on one, while all it really did was thwart the natural flow of friendship and sharing that humans are so graciously endowed with.
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With the old centralized money, hard, mindless work was encouraged, while sharing was discouraged, and to give freely to those who were in need was seen as an oddity; “Can you spare a dollar?” This greeting became normal, yet few dollars were spared for such giving, and hardly a nickel shared for living in that old dirt mine that was our world for so long. 

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<center><h3>_That old world wasn’t suited for humans._</h3></center>

We all know how ill the old system was, we knew it couldn’t last. The old world didn’t know how to live on the Earth, and was designed for nations instead of humans. 

Now we have a glimpse of a new way, and a taste of the freedom that we’ve been deprived of, and there will be no going back.

The old way had us begging for tyrants to make wise use of the power that we had bestowed them with, and the results were quite predictable and often gruesome— not the kind of thing you want the children to see.

<center><h2>Steemit: Perfect Timing</h2></center> 

Wasn’t the old world falling apart before our eyes? Politics and government itself had rightfully been declared a TV show, and without some kind of centralized guidance, the world appeared bleak to many. Their concern was legitimate, but what to do about it was still not known, until now.

<h3>Now, it’s clear that there was already a decentralized system in place; it is the interconnected being that we know as humanity. We are that device, and we always have been.</h3> 
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I came to Steemit with the idea that I could be rewarded for my efforts in the world, and I imagined that I could make a such a simple trade without harm. My old world wasn’t working, and yet I didn’t know what to replace it with.

<h3>I joined the platform to help save the world somehow, and to share what I had, to encourage others to help me to make the world more suitable to live in. As it turns out, Steemit was already doing it.</h3>

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