Don't let the fact that it is unlikely that you have ever heard of @patricklancaster, nor the Donetsk People's Republic, nor that Patrick tried to finance some of his war correspondence with steem.
The steem lords would rather spend their rshares on latte art and each other.
Heaven forbid they helped somebody doing important work.
But, what do you do?
People are gonna people.
Even steemizens.
Well, enjoy this report from the front lines of a group of people trying to free themselves from oppressive gov't domination.
That they will likely just set up another tin pot to be knocked down is a given, but at least they tried to be free from rule by force for a little while.