as much as i hate what you write, there is a lot of truth in your words!
this is one of the main problems, there is no incentive for anyone to hold ZEC, the old vision lead by zooko is done, and currently nobody knows where we are going. we are moving slow, and those receiving ZEC from the dev tax are trading it for coins like BTC and ETH - or even investing it in startups, similar to an investment fund … and meanwhile i am down 96% in terms of BTC