Your write up is very interesting. I share the same experience and feeling as you described. We are in a place where over 90% of wealth is owned by only 2% of accounts. Steem power is extremely unevenly distributed.
We may earn reputation by hard working. But I don't think steem power is the same case. How many 0.001 Steem rewards can we power up ourselves to be an account with decent upvote value? At least a MILLION times!
I am not saying it is a SCAM. We have never paid for anything except our time. And I see there exist a handful of people (out of the 600K+ accounts) who can make a small to medium amount of income regularly. I still don't know how they make it but it is true. I believe these people have acquired some connections and skills along their way to become successful.
Start small, think big, never give up! Some day, we will be there.
I know right. But in their defense, they invested hundreds and thousands of dollars in Steem. They also stayed when Steem was at it's lowest and didn't even cost a dollar. So I guess now is the time for them to reap what they sow. :) However, I just can't help feel envious and jealous at them, especially when most of the big whales do is upvote their own comments. Lol So disheartening! And I agree, some day we will be there. Aja! XD
Thanks for your reply. Please don't mind my ugly $0.00 upvote value just for me to express my appreciation and respect.
No problem! Pleasure is all mine. I rarely get comments that long and make sense. Also, I have been in that position not long ago so I kind of understand :)