Regardless of reputation score, everyone puts their reputation on the line every time a post or comment is published, every time a vote is cast whether upward or downwards. If I post schlock with a rep score of 53 it will never rise and will likely fall.
For the rep score to mean anything it must be administered equally among all the members whether plankton or whale. Otherwise, we will definitely end up with too-powerful people in a centralized clique and steemit will not realize its potential as a decentralized community of equality among members.
If there are those among us who already think they are above the rules they've laid out for the community, then action is necessary now. Either we are equal here, or we are not.
Kudos Tim.