I'm sure someone will find a really great balance at some point, but it's going to take some out of the box thinking to figure it out.
I think the out of the box imperative is the actual problem in this particular case. Thousands of years of investment experience has been ignored and capital gains have not been the mechanism chosen to reward investors. Instead extracting profit before it can inure to the underlying investment vehicle has been encouraged, and the slow decline of Steem market cap has been the result.
This is not a surprise to actual investors, because of their personal experience. I think what we need is establishing sound and proven capital gains mechanism as the incentive for investors and ending profiteering. Instead of encouraging stakeholders to increase the value of Steem, we've encouraged them to put that value in their wallets, and that doesn't float all boats equitably, but concentrates it in the wallets of those with the most stake.