I think of this development as an opportunity for the whole Steem community, and not as a setback at all.
If @aggroed is successful in getting back onto the top 20 list without @freedom 's support, does this not represent a dilution of whlae influence? Community influence trumping whale influence...
And that development is healthy for us all (whales included).
I would agree with you @snubbermike. Each week 800K SP is in the reward pool. That is being doled out across the ecosystem. It is slow moving but there will come a point in time where the big accounts are diluted as there are more smaller accounts with SP and the ones on here now grow bigger in size.