I understand your position and I'm not blind to the issues that you pointed out.
If you don't mind me positing a bit of my own philosophy into this discussion, I'm convinced that every monetary system MUST work out to this heavily skewed distribution, in favor of those responsible for bringing it to society, because of the simple fact that it's designed by humans and it's our nature to rig/manipulate conditions, when and where we can do it with relatively little risk involved, in order to secure the most peace of mind for ourselves and those whom we care about.
It all comes back to the Darwinian model of evolution - survival of the fittest. We seek out efficient methods to secure as many resources as we can, ideally without bringing ourselves too much negative attention, as a means to put ourselves and our genetic line into the best position to thrive. It can be difficult to notice this happening in real-time, at the individual and community level, because society is so complex and it creates so many risk factors to consider that it tends to cause people to hesitate and become indecisive, regarding their inner drive to "take the world and make it [his/her] own". That being said, some people find the courage to risk life and limb at the chance to "enter the club" of the elite, which are generally ancestors of a bloodline that managed to set up a system that would secure a replenishing supply of resources for several generations.
To me, Steemit is an example of a small group of people whom decided that the potential rewards of setting up a rigged system were worth the potential risks (possible law/ regulatory issues with the government/ IRS, and let's not forget about all of the crazy lawsuits that happen in the great US of A, to name a few). 100 times out of 100, individuals in this type of position will set up their system(s) to favor themselves, in some way - at the very least, to give themselves a leg up on the competition. As I've alluded to, this is only human nature. I, for one, will not judge them harshly for it, because, I see it, to get down to the most basic level, as a collection of trillions of cells pushing to achieve the "next level" of security and thriving conditions for their next division and future divisions. They're driven by an impulse that we all share, at a most core level, only some happen to be more predisposed to suppress it and/or condemn acting on it.
The way I see it: you're fighting a battle against a collective human psyche that's had little to no evolution since the inception of humanity and stands little chance of making any noteworthy headway in the millenniums to come. Indeed, you're exposing a nasty truth, but you aren't really changing anything by bringing light to it. Rather, you're confirming something that we've long known about ourselves, which most of us readily admit to ourselves - we're greedy/ selfish/ manipulative creatures.
In other words, it's a futile pursuit...
...in my opinion, of course.
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