Glad to see there are some large stakeholders (I really dislike the term 'whale') who aren't just happy to take the easy money. I've written and commented a few times that I see Steemit as a reflection of real life in as far as if you have money/SP you can make money/SP but if you don't you are at the mercy of those that do have money/SP.
The replies I get from large stakeholders or witnesses are along the lines of, "The whales on Steemit worked hard to get where they are and if you work hard you can get there too". This of course is bullshit and it only takes a few minutes of blockchain investigation to determine that the majority of Steem and Steem power is in the hands of a very small number of people/accounts. This does not mean of course that your average Joe couldn't accumulate 100,000+ SP but in reality (and in life) this is the exception and not the rule and in fact it can clearly be seen that money and power is usually obtained through luck or inheritance although of course, those with the money and power do not see it that way
The system we all live in in real life appears to have been designed to work the way it does and I see Steemit the same way. The only positive I see for Steemit is that it is still a young platform and there are still influencial people such as yourselves who seem to want things to be different.
It would be a real shame if things do not change and another blockchain based blogging platform came along that learned from the uncorrected mistakes (or deliberatly inbuilt inequality depending on how you see things) of Steemit and started attracting users from here but I think it is inevitable unless things change.