I don't think it is necessarily unfair. It is something we all have to work for. If it was easy, then there would be a million millionaires on Steem already.

The first thing they shoudl do, is become more valuable to other

This right here. Earlier this week @stellabelle posted a link to @dan 's intro post: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@dantheman/daniel-larimer--co-founder-of-bitshares-steemit

I gathered from that, we are in a community that was built for the purpose of helping each other out. It would be so easy for people to make their Steem and just sit on it like a dragon sitting atop his treasure horde. But so many whales are out here trying to continue to help the community up.

I think it is the minnows who learn from this lesson and continue to strive to help others who will be the next generation of dolphins and whales to share what they have learned and boost up the masses who are coming in this time next year.