You're touching on that privileged mentality.
And missing a bigger picture.
Look in those wallets (I haven't in a long time, but I'm sure its much the same), there is a savings account and there is a plan, be it in Hive Power or HBD or only selling a little bit, or something.
And using HIVE to live off of is doing more to bring attention to the ecosystem, than anything we can do by simply blogging.
I have been blogging and earning crypto for almost five years now. Recently was the first time I took out a big chunk.
I did HBD since its the stable coin, and the 20% interest rate I am no longer receiving was a prices I was willing to pay (or feeling forced to).
I have more people paying attention to what I do, than I have, ever, because they don't care about my writing, or the blockchain, or the community, or anything else.
They are curious as to how I was able to accumulate x amount ... and spend it in cash.
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