Well said, holding Steem Power is all about responsibility to shape the community. At the same time, it's your stakeholding in the network. The greater your stakeholding, the more you're financially incentivized to act in the community's best interests over your own. It's a great design, indeed.
Regarding flagging - fortunately it'll be an order of magnitude harder to abuse with Hardfork 19. For example, today, a whale's flag needs 10,000 minnows or 100 dolphins to counter. After Hardfork 19, just 10 dolphins or 100 minnows could counter a whale flag. At this point, it is no longer a flaw.
Yeah I look forward to seeing that in action. :) Linear curve makes a lot more sense. I can't believe it is n^2 that is just crazy.
Love this post, thank you so much for taking the time to put it together! Hope your day is absolutely lovely!!