What you should do is to embrace reality and do what those who are climbing on that distribution does. No need to reinvent the wheel, be activists or lobbying for a different system. Basically, don't do what most people do and do what the few successful minnow did.
This is the basic truth about how things are going on in steemit. Most people think you can just start earning big immediately you join and when they start their journey and they are hit with obstacles like getting few upvotes or less attention they tend to back out and say the community isn't fair..
For you to get recognized you have to add meaningful contributions to the community, make friends, be consistent and create unique and great post.
As for me, I might not post everyday but I always engage with the community and drop comments on any post I read.
I'm here for the community and ready to stay.