"First, you work off your ass and earn STEEM."
"Or somebody gave it for free to whales?"
Yes, actually. Most of the Steem extant was mined before Steemit even existed, and the largest stakes are mined stakes, not purchased with actual money, or earned from posts.
They just mined it.
And you can't.
OK, lets take this money out of those few whales who got it "for free" and distribute to minnows. And what's next? The problem is still not solved. Everybody gets his $0.02 cents and is happy?
I don't want their stakes, unless they part with them voluntarily.
So, no, that would not make me happy.
I want to see Steemit become THE replacement for the post market economy.
THAT would make me very happy, indeed.