I would tend to agree with you if it weren't for the fact that Hive only exists because someone with even more wealth showed up and tried to buy out the network. Now the network is specifically moving in a direction to prevent that from being possible.
That doesnt really have anything to do with democracy or socialism. Im not seeing your point.
Justin did buy the network and someone else made HIVE. Then free market kicked in and gave HIVE a market cap.
Theres really nothing socialist or democratic about hive. If you view "upvotes" as someone getting free stuff and you somehow equate that to socialism, thats actually not how upvotes work.
Id like to see more democracy in HIVE but i dont see that being possible.