Nicely said! I worry about posting about these topics because when I did in the past I was met with a "that's just how it is, Be thankful when your $800 account is worth $80000 bro". It's difficult to express the depth of the problem without pissing off all the people who you need on your side, but I think you did a good job.
People who find themselves in a favorable position tend to think they deserve it (which is fine) but they also tend to think that others who are having a hard time deserve that as well, and more than they realize.
Culture needs to change in order for anything to really change. Blind faith in crypto and/or steemit just because we benefit from us is only going to get us more of the same. We (collectively) need to change.
I don't assume most whales to be bad guys, I just know how people act when they FINALLY get a break and others start accusing them of being selfish or lucky, they tend to become selfish.
There are many great whales here, most that interact with the community are good people. And many many minnows deserving of whale status that will hopefully reach it soon. I didn't know @fulltimegeek had done that, I will follow him, I really love whales who freely delegate sp. @cryptoctopus either, I enjoy his posts :-)
THanks for this great post!
@steevc, @steelabelle, and @wwf did the same thing sa @fulltimegeek.
All of them delegated out STEEM without payment.