I agree that greed can get the best of us at times, and hinder the long-term success of a project.
I was recently looking into the AO airdrop (for Arweave holders), and 100% of it will go to the community. Nothing for insiders, VCs, team, etc. and I was impressed.
I think the more evenly an airdrop is distributed among a community, the better long-term success a project will have.