Totally agreed. I can't recall ever powering down or sending a single Hive to an exchange. I know I am privileged to be in that position and I see people from Venezuela, from poor towns in northern Africa and many other places. I feel guilty not powering it up every single month because I love a handful of liquid to play the swings and buy those powerdowns to add to my stack.
People are entitled to do what they like and should not think they are immune to the consequences of those actions. If they don't like it, they can buy and earn a powered up stake like yours and do it differently themselves!
From the moment I started here (June 13 2017) I started powering up and did not stop.. hmm, I wonder why I have a larger stake? I have earned a lot of curation rewards because of that continual power up ethos...which clearly means I liberal with my upvotes on posts and comments rather than miserly like so many.
Anyway, it is what it is...more votes for people like you and none for extractors.