Interesting post, and well-written.
I agree with much of it, absolutely.
Until now I had no idea of the significance of the $6 USD price barrier. I'm a small fry content-creator who has to worry more about the $0.02 cutoff point.
And yes, the way things work on Steem is an Animal Farm (the exact opposite of what it set out to be). Good content fails to be rewarded, most of the time. Shitposts do get rewarded, most of the time.