Another point, is that your knowledge based on your interests and culture, may not be inviting to the community or to the whales. And how is it in that case? Will that person ever be valued by the community?
You bring in this part an important idea. I see a lot of posts getting high votes only because they express a certain political/ideological view, most times in an aggressive manner... I think that the balance of whales tends to a certain side, and in some part, ok, people buy, people stake, people vote in who they want, but when people who don't like to talk or write with political/ideological bias, or aren't part of the side who are getting huge upvotes, but yet make better(I don't think ranting, criticizing people, showing toxic postures or victimizing yourself is a good content...) content don't get upvotes, we see an imbalanced ecosystem. It's worst when certain rules(stake, don't be aggressive, and such), are ignored...
Well, in the end, I think that we have to do what we want, if with time, people who like to learn, to see good and not harmful content get along, ok, if not, we always can change our path and just go to other places that seek for a balanced ecosystem.
I believe that the best way, really, is for more people to acquire great voting powers within the community. The more whales, the more people will benefit.
This question of taste will always come up. There's no way. That's why we need more persons witch good cultural diversity and with a great power vote.