There's so much going on but at the same time, like, nothing going on at the same time. A large percentage of the world is on lockdown/quarantine with all the self-isolation and corona precautions in place, so a lot of businesses are closed and many people have lost their job in the process. There's widespread paranoia, and with that comes panic accompanied by conspiracy theories about vaccines, depopulation, and all the other stuff on the internet.
Is Bill the Villain or Hero?
At the forefront of these conspiracies is a certain Bill Gates. You might have heard about him because he's only one of the wealthiest people on Earth that got bored of making billions through computers and started a foundation with his wife, Melinda, where they focus on infectious diseases and whatnot.
As I mentioned earlier, paranoia is in the atmosphere and you can literally sniff it when you step out of the house. In every corner, you find so many corona "experts" yapping from the comfort of their homes or beer parlour about how Corona could be solved easily and how the idiot leaders can't see it. For what it's worth, I think the leaders of my country are idiots but this feeling is borne from a long time of ineptitude, rather than the peculiar situation we're in now, I digress.
Now word on the street is that good old Bill is somehow the one responsible for creating the virus because of his statements about population control. This rumor that was tagged as a Bizzare conspiracy theory by Business Insider was loud enough to get the world to "sit up" and suddenly people are thinking, "wait a minute, it seems this Bill guy isn't the good guy he prances around to be.
These rumours are unfounded, but they're also just that, rumours made by armchair analysts and people in the know. I don't think he'd go through the stress of creating a virus, and then put up this charade to create a vaccine for it, although he's just human and we all know humans can be twats. The questions I have or wonder about are;
- Why are the vaccines mandatory?
- Why does one man have so much influence on international healthcare?
I don't know his intentions, and I can't claim to have an idea about it. I've come in contact with a lot of information supporting, or against good old Bill but not enough of people looking at both perspectives.
The Proposal
This brings me to THE PROPOSAL by @justineh that has caused a major stir in the community. The truth is an interesting thing; in certain situations, it is black or white, while in other situations, it is a rainbow.
The first time I saw Justine was on Steem where I figured she was either some whale or big shot because her posts got a lot of upvotes and engagement. then I ran into her Twitter and noticed she was also getting a lot of attention there from people outside of the Steem community. I put two and two together and realised she was a big deal.
Coming back to today, I read her proposal that we all know about where she requested $30k for her work in getting us listed on Exchanges, as well as for further two months of work as stated there.
If you've not read the proposal, I suggest you do, because it is probably the most entertaining proposal you'd ever read, but in a horror-thriller kind of way. I can't even quantify the rollercoaster of emotions I felt while reading it and a part of me felt insulted, demeaned, trampled on, shit on...you get the point. That's how I feel.
I'd normally steer clear of politics in any capacity because things tend to get really awry really fast, but with a situation so loud, I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents on the issue, and get some honest responses, in form of questions to Justine or anyone willing to chip in on the matter;
- Without playing the modesty card, and with every single ounce of honesty in you, do you really think this proposal would go through if it were done by me or any other member of the community?
- Would you vote for a proposal like this?
- Would you be fine with everyone in the community wrote proposals for remuneration for their contribution during the hostile takeover?
- Would your $30k contribution matter if the community didn't react and take to tweeting and creating awareness?
- Are you insinuating that all the exchanges we got listed on were exclusively as a result of your input because this is how it seems?
But with some ingenuity from the group as well as showcasing the power of the community and our story, we were able to satisfy legal requirements as well as show why no centralized company was needed.
- In your proposal, you used "we" regularly and I'll quote one instant above. Are you insinuating that the only reason Hive got listed and attention was because of this closed group of individuals(Three of you)?
I'd really like some closure right now, because, unlike you, where it is just business, and you have the liberty to get paid for your time through the community fund, the rest of us go the long way round.
Rolling Back
Oh well, I let my emotions seep out there for a bit but the topic is truth. The truth is that everyone has their own version of the truth, and we're all right in our own right. I know mine, but it is not a hill I'm willing to die on; hearing yours would go a long way in reducing the hurt, and finding a midpoint in everything.
