Oh no you are totally right. This is just my perspective. However, the opposite is true. Users like @taskmaster potentially have brighter outlooks on Steemit if they are doing well, or if they don't have to worry about money on here, and are able to accept it on its face for what it is: which is basically an experiment. The problem inherently is if you don't have that advantage, which I would argue is more people than not on here.
The scarcity mentality will only leave when scarcity leaves, when people can feed their kids and pay their bills without worry, when some people no longer live in a country where it costs half of your monthly wage just for medical insurance, not to mention copays, deductibles and prescriptions.
I think this argument of yours is assuming that we are already in the future. Ultimately, people need some assurance before they can believe that we are in a world where scarcity no longer exists. We can't just will it into existence.
I can understand however that this is just my perspective. I however had felt that many people shared my perspective, and from the comment response, I would definitely say that's so. So how many shared perspectives need to exist in order for that to become what the reality is? What therein is reality even if not shared perspective on a thing? Whoa. I feel all Matrix-y right now. Anyway, thank you for the insightful comments!
agreed that most people on steemit don't have influence, and this mirrors the Matrix. However, this takes place within the game, and seems to come from a place where success is measured in terms of influence and wealth. It can be if one chooses to play that way! Sure TM may be coming from a position of 'comfort' and 'security' (also illusory symptoms of the scarcity mindset IMO), but I don't think that has much bearing on what he is saying about the presence of Abundance.
The case is the opposite from my perspective. Abundance actually is, it is the illusory scarcity mentality that obscures sight of it when we are immersed in worry. Again, this may sound like bullshit at first level of inspection, given the way appearances suggest things may be/are (poverty, starvation, fatcats, wars etc), fair enough! I think it is to be investigated deeply for oneself, there is no conclusive evidence. I don't think higher stuff works like that (is there any conclusive evidence that unconditional LOVE exists? for example). The Matrix is the Matrix for a reason :D...If as you may be saying, reality can follow perception (So how many shared perspectives need to exist in order for that to become what the reality is?), do we then not have any control over our own perceptions?....such that we can actually begin to control or at least, influence, our own realit(ies)y? And is there anything that exists independent/outside of our perception? ...hmm that's an old old philosophical enquiry, and I doubt if words/thoughts/left-brain can do it justice.