At the same time as we need more whales, don't forget that the current whales are re-distributing their wealth while at the same time powering down.

untrue. im actually going to post a more complete picture with real numbers for curation rewards and blogging rewards. But even the least optimistic numbers you typically see on this site don't tell the whole story.

https://steemit.com/steem/@sigmajin/cooking-the-books-the-real-story-of-whales-and-dilution