The original Steem Whitepaper states:
"If every voter defects by voting for themselves then no currency will end up distributed and the currency as a whole will fail to gain network effect."
It then argues:
"In order to realign incentives and discourage individuals from simply voting for themselves, money must be distributed in a nonlinear manner."
Yeah, there's a point here. The point is to circulate/distribute the currency thus create a network effect, right?
I think so too, Bro! the currency should be circulating and so multiplying.