While I agree with much of what you say, I also think you need to just chill out and let the situation play itself out. For the following reasons:

1. It is horribly misguided to think that STEEMIT would ever be a land of milk and honey where everyone is nice to each other all the time and nobody is in it for themself. The bigger it gets, the more it will reflect the real world, warts and all - we are seeing that now and it is just the beginning
2. The site is growing at a pretty rapid rate - not surprisingly it is having some growing pains - this is normal, in a few years time people will look back and laugh about this. Solutions will be found
3. If you check out now you could be - not definitely, but could be - missing out on a huge opportunity - to change your own life and, as per your wish, the lives of many others. It may not happen here, it definitely won't happen if you cash out your steem power

Hang around, do what works for you, keep your integrity, keep earning Steem (power), and see what happens - why would you not?

Cheers