Correct... now if my life is at risk then I will defend myself by whatever means necessary. This goes for my family as well. I am also often a sucker for defending people who are incapable of defending themselves.

There are some people using steemit that were in the right place at the right time and amassed a lot of power. A small number of them seem to be very oppressive and I do see that as a blemish here. Yet, I also realize that someone could come along and drop a lot of money and be more powerful than them and ALL of our steem power investment would increase in value.

It is a very difficult problem, and not one that society outside of the blockchain has successfully solved either.