He has to upvote his comments and posts so they are seen. When your reputation is below 0 (which hopefully one day soon yours is @haejin) everything you write is grey.
Bernie is not a reward pool rapist. He is actually helping more than anyone else. He could do what you and @ranchorelaxo do if he wanted to. He could also choose, like so many others, to delegate all of his SP and make a lot of money. Instead he burns up all of his voting power for free, just to stop vacuums like you from sucking this place we call home, dry.