Yep, entitlement is an issue.
your right there
early exploiters and top witnesses fit this category perfectly,
in the manner they feel "entitled" by the extreme rewards farming of posts in the early days also the days pre HF19 fork
and now they feel "entitled" to the majority of rewards regardless
Please don't use "they" to broad brush an entire group. I don't fit this "they" you speak of, nor do many others I know in the category you're describing. I bought STEEM at $3 and $4 in 2016 and watched it go to $0.07. I held.