@berniesanders curated my posts for a while, providing me with a good amount of rewards, rewards that I've been using to pay my bills these past 6 months. I find that he's more engaging with the community than those hired by Steemit, inc. Whatever his reasons are for flagging content are his own, despite what our opinion of said content may be. I think he genuinely cares about his stake in this platform, and plays the part of a necessary evil in order to see his stake's value increase.
I think anyone that has a majority stake in the platform is going to be a hot topic of conversation, followed closely by those who are hungry for curation, which I find sad. People should be paying more mind toward what the Steemit, inc team is (or isn't) doing to speed up the development needed on this blockchain. That's where community scrutiny is needed most.