I know what you mean and i understand your concerns, no matter you using the "berniesanders" format to express it. :D
The downfalls are pretty obvious. What i dont understand is why there doesnt seem to be a way to fix it. My knowledge on the technical aspect is very limited but wouldnt a hard fork fix this?
Is it that they dont want to fix it, dont know how to fix it, or dont know what to fix?
The problems arent deep of hard to understand, but rather surface level and obvious to the simplest of layman.
SMTs coming out promise to fix a few things, redistribute wealth in a more effective way between the users. Now how that would work i cant say, but seriously, if SMTs turn to be a fluke i cant say how long Steemit will survive.
Curie atm being one of the only projects that work to redistribute some wealth between unrewarded users, and thats miniscule compared to the abuse thats going on.