I agree with your points, and I understand where you are coming from. Principally I'm inclined too towards a liberal mindset where you have responsibility and ownership for your own actions and assets.
But when considering forking off from the JustinSteem chain, I think it should be noted that there are systemic governance risks to having too much stake gravitating to a small group of people. So maybe apply some ideas from socialism into the rewards distribution, care for the minnows first.
RE: Scratching the surface to nothing