The vast majority of steem stakeholders and witnesses don't care about improving the economic system because it's working in their favor, they are making tons of steem a day and they are the major bears responsible for sinking consistently the price of steem since the end of 2017.

We’ve given our top witnesses a chance to lead. They haven’t led.

That summarizes the whole story, the majority of the demand is coming from minnows and new users who don't understand the ecosystem very well.

The current ecosystem reminds me of a political dictatorship, the whales control the ecosystem and as long as it gives them profit they don't care about the others. Finally I do like your insights and I can't agree more, change is indeed a must!