Welcome to capitalism dweebs. Guess what this is how it works, the rich get richer because capital breeds capital. when you mix the means of power and control with capital you have a state and on oligarchy, which is exactly what is happening on steemit. The mechanism that creates said whales is the problem, you should not be able to use capital to make your content more visible. Also the fact that there is even a debate weather bots are good for the steemit community just goes to show you how far the capitalist brain washing has come in the west.