I guess you haven't read the Terms of Service of Medium. You can't syndicate content on the same site, that's not syndication. What you are referring to as syndication, I addressed at the end of the essay. What Medium is ok with and what is ethically sound are two different stories. It almost seems like you didn't actually read the essay, you just read two lines and made a comment because what you are responding to is not in there other than I personally find it repulsive to have things in two different spots when they are replicas. I have no problem with syndication when both sides are aware and/or it is requested, as I wrote. I'd read what I wrote again and then let me know if what you wrote even makes sense, and if so, what part of you even responding to?