It's most definitely not applied to everything. It's applied that a small part of the people create most of the value, and a small percentage create most of the trouble.
Most companies in the world operate on those principals as well.
Say you wanna target new users, a small percentage will influence a large number of people to join.
However. That was an insignificant line here. And in any community, a small percentage of people create most of the drama :)
Most witch-hunts are started by the very same people. Not in steemit, in any community.
Anyways, I can be wrong. Maybe in all jobs, hobbies or sports every one is a 100% equal in everything? It doesn't matter much to the context here.
That was probably the least significant line in the message anyways.
Nice seeing you again man! Hope you're doing great!
Steemit is definitely an interesting look at social psychology, that's for sure.