Well its not ideal, but totally agreed that we made a giant leap forward decentralization.
I'm very curious about the overall blockchain governance topic and I'm reading some papers on the topic atm.
One of the things that keeps being mentioned is account reputations, etc. Like stake alone is not enough for the governance but some form of account reputation (weighted stake). Will try to make some summarized post on the topic soon.
I can't wait to see what you discovered in your readings.
IMHO, account's reputation is not governance-related. It's just a social indicator.
This being said, I agree with you that the current system is flawed and should be replaced.