Dear @taskmaster4450

His sales peaked in 2008 and he never recovered from the economic collapse. While the industry turned around, he lagged behind.

I witnessed few businesses who reached their peaks and then slowly fell into oblivion. Including my owns little online store I've been running for years with a good friend. He did great with customer service and running daily operations, but any changes he considered a threat.

Your friend clearly couldn't figure out that he is facing real problem.

Everyone knows they are after the ROI and many are all too happy to post that. They do not build nor create. Their tactic is to place their holding in an area where their return is maximized. Essentially, they care nothing except for money.

To some certain degree we're on the same page. However many of so called "whales" help to create. They delegate SP to solid curators and this way they are helping create real value.
@mariusfebruary is an excellent example.

The problem is, that majority of current stakeholders seem to focus on building their own wealth.

We are at a crossroads.

Indeed we are. We surely need investors but we also need ways of reducing abuse that may start happening right now. Because new reward system will create huge opportunities for such an abuse.

Already upvoted. Yours,
Piotr