I can see how your points are valid -- my wording on this article is a bit extreme and perhaps misleading. We might not see perfectly eye to eye but let me try to clarify and I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this:

This article isn't aimed at everybody. It is aimed at my audience, which is mostly composed of poor / working class artists who are struggling and working several jobs, managing freelance careers that are not yet abundant, etc etc etc.

My point here is really that people should avoid OVERinvesting in steem. My point is that some people should probably not power up at all, they should cash out and use the money to pay off debts, to pay for groceries, etc etc.

I know there are many people, such as myself prior to the time of the "Why I Left Steem" article, who have had 50%+ of their entire net worth in steem. I fully accept that this was my own fault - Steem did not do it to me. However, I feel I have a duty to help others avoid that mistake. To these people I say, please stop, please be more selfish, because you need to get your own shit together first.

If anything, this mindset may actually help to empower Steemians. Does that seem a bit more reasonable to you? If not, it's all good, I appreciate the intelligent opposition. Cheers dude!