While there is a special reason to preclude @steemit from so doing, in addition to the fact the the stake @steemit holds was mostly mined, I feel fairly strongly that the mined stakes - which are most of the Steem in existence today - should also be considered in light of the fact of how Steemit didn't even exist when the mining was mostly done.

There are wheels within wheels. While those of us on the edge of the wheel are largely unable to even perceive the turnings of the inner wheels, they impact us to unfathomable degree.