How they attained the power isn't totally irrelevant to the conversation, of course I feel better if they "earned" it through some contribution. But regardless of HOW, the question I would like to raise is "Is it really ok for anyone to have THAT much power?" You have to think, they're power is only going to grow EXPONENTIALLY as time goes by, which will create a wider and wider gap between whales and regular people. So while they may be good people, deserving of some reward, they will essentially become kings and queens of steemit for being the first to create quality content or investing in the platform, or perhaps even something less valuable to the platform. If 10 people were to end up with 99% of the wealth how would you feel about it?

I believe there is a lot of good here. I don't bring this up to scare people from the platform or argue or complain. I bring it up because I believe there are minds here who could come up with great solutions and some with power who would be willing to listen.