Getting charity is a nice thing, at the best of times. Relying on it is folly!

I'm gonna have a section about this in regards to the steem ecosystem, in my book (not published on steemit).

You are totally correct sir.

Do it yourself and don't rely on 'the leave' of others, you just end up as a serf to the oligarchs.
(On the bright side , oligarchical systems never endure...I'll shut up now.)