On the last question, if stephen kings would be funded by my tax money (inflation) instead by the book sales and I didn't enjoy his books (Although I do) I would definitely agree on allowing people to altering this.
And Yes, I also agree on the sentiment. If there were 100k active users here upvoting a post with 10 HP each, single whales would have very little influence and we wouldn't have to worry about likwid at all.
You forgot the factor in the paying consumers. The people who would be attracted to the content we produce and be willing to stake tokens to support it. The content we refuse to sell. Most people seem to forget that part here.