I know characterizing the facts in the manner i have is likely to evoke an emotional response, but that doesn't change the facts.
What you do with the money may be admirable but it is a tax on the commons taken by virtue of your stake.
This is the game we are all playing.
If we play this game by the old rules the results will be no better than under the old rules.
Better that you let the manual curators decide the value of posts than you sell rewards to the highest bidder, imo.
I think consensus supports proof of brain over proof of wallet.
Selling votes, and supporting supporters over nonsupporters, breaks proof of brain.
So, while you continue doing those things, i dont have you confused.
For the extrapolaters, i see steem working like drugwars did to reverse this funnel and start rewarding folks that do the work over those that eat without working.