Like I would say: It is not a level playing field for all steemians. Those who enjoy significant dividends for their investment are top tier steemians. Those with 50ksteem and above. The earn passively. What an orca earns from curation is probably what a redfish makes in a year, or a minnow in a month or two.

Question: how long will it take you to amass 50k steem?

Do you have enough to buy that much? Are you willing to?

Even the top steemians are cashing out. Don't make the mistake of thinking they are powering up. However, this is good for the ecosystem as it reduces their power over time. I hope to be an orca someday. That's not going to happen in 15years if I depend on my earnings here. But my earnings here can be used to start up a business (probably in a year or two) which will generate revenue for me. This can be pumped back into ecosystem and help increase my stake rapidly. No one becomes rich through passive investment except they have a sizable capital/investment, that's not a luxury lower tier steemians have, thus, they cannot move up the ladder. The bigger accounts growth rate overrides their, so it does nothing. If by the time I have 50k steem and people already have millions of steem, how much impact will I have on the steem ecosystem?

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