Ok, gotcha. We are on the same page as long as you say more democratic and not perfectly democratic (meaning one user=one vote). I still think more vests should result in more influence, but I also think the gap between the whales and the minnows is still to big as it is right now.
I think some people have jump to that flagging for downvoting (as a way to control the daily reward pool) equates to censorship conclusion on Steemit. So my reply was not necessarily pointed at you but at the larger debate raging on.
I'm no whale...I'm about a small a minnow as there is. A lot of people look at the reward disparity as a form of censorship. I'm not one. I really like this platform ans sincerely hope they fix the problem.