Currently, there are botnets with over 100k accounts and less than 10k active Hive accounts.
If they are not active, is not the right example.
Anyway, if you are able to write random posts with a great content and no plagiarism, completely automated, I think there is no way to stop you.
With or without we-the-people and his redistribution policy, you will be a whale in a while!
Botnets are not active because there is no reason for them to be active. They have almost no HP.
There is a difference between great content and low-quality content (like most posts on hive). How to separate normal users posting low quality vs bot posting low quality.