It's an interesting point of view, I'll give you that. I still think that we need better filters for the content so the gap between the lost good shit and the average trending crap shrinks. Also, there I hope the upvoting system will change in the near future because whales are basically owning the platform now, it's probably for the best but I'm a bit sad that science, economics & art stuff don't make it to the front page. We'll see if the tide turn which I hope.  As for what you wrote, it's indeed true and some inequality creates competition which will motivate people but if there's too much of it, a lot of folks will just become bitter and give a bad name to Steemit, let's see!