I think a big part of the problem is that there's a clear issue with rewards imbalance and the rewards just being way too high at the upper end, and the people holding the most power not wanting to acknowledge it because they feel entitled to receive those rewards since they were early adopters and have put a lot of time and love into this platform and have taken the risk by keeping their STEEM vested. I'm not really trying to make a comment about merit and who deserves what, as much as talking about the overall stability of the platform and its internal economy. It's just not in the power holders' interest to acknowledge issues and work to fight them. There are certainly power holders here who DO acknowledge it and work to combat it, and I'm not trying to minimize their hard work and accomplishments, but the imbalance is making it very difficult, if not impossible, to change things.