I agree with you, but at the same time disagree.
I agree with the fact that it is not right to cry about it and make excuses instead of put even more effort to succeed.
I disagree for the fact that I clearly see people not voting on purpose for God knows which reason. And I am not talking about whales, but about people like me and you, and this is a lot worse...
You can see my point here https://steemit.com/steemit/@gibiuk/did-hf19-made-steemers-greedy
At least the transparency enables you to focus your energies. Some will be power drunk anyways. Let's. just ignore them.
I always say that I hope people will see Steemit account as a social network account, not as a bank account...