That's exactly how I feel. Deep down I hope it does not get to that, but if it did I am ok. Just the way I was ok with quitting my college job after 22 years or when my first marriage ended after 13 (this one hurt more because of my daughters)

Perhaps it is kind of like going onto the field of play for a sport, giving it all and still losing. The act of giving it all comes with the acceptance that even though one tried, it wasn't enough. Or, that there were conditions that were outside of ones control.

Today, I posted a drawing that is my representation of forcing ideas onto people

People rarely respond well to force or threats. Do you?

I like this rule, had not thought about it in those terms

1/3 of people like you
1/3 of people dislike you
1/3 of people don't care about you

Funny you said this:

It isn't common that one goes out for a drink with enemies - except at the staff Christmas party.

I actually stopped attending the faculty xmas dinner because I was sick of the hypocrecy in those environments.

I think that what troubles people more about Steemit going to a pretty much unknown owner (not that we knew a lot about the previous ones) is that we had this idea of decentralized platform that gave us the false impresion that we would never be affected by the kinds of issues that affect the corporate world. Steemit was never different from any other company that can be sold or driven bankrupt