YES!
This is the scenario of long term sustainability. I also think this platform has room for other use cases outside of social media. Steemit is awesome, but I think Utopian might be even more powerful. And I think we haven't even scratched the surface.
But the key crucial point in this is we need to buy up SP. We need to demand more of it. Bring more people on. Expand our stakes. Expand the use-case. Steem will only get better the more we use it.
Imagine a world with $10,000 dollar steem where every steempower gives a 1 dollar upvote or more!
We will only get there if this is a positive community. Attacks and bullying can never be tolerated. That comes first, arguing over money is second. We all need to stand up together and say no to that whenever it happens.
It could easily be us any day, and who will help us then?
I've always been advocating people to buy Steem and Power Up from the beginning. That's taking personal responsibility for the equal distribution of power and rewards here.
Oh, also note that you can cancel the power down. I almost did this today. I think I'll wait a few days, or perhaps, get a single payout first so I know how that works.