I would agree with you if we weren't still in the bootstrapping stage.
Anybody dumping everything now is counterproductive to getting bootstrapped.

It's no more wrong to flag away rewards than it is to give them in the first place, when you give them they have come from the same place that flags send them back to.

Games have rules, without rules there is no game.
If we change the rules to fit our purposes, what was the point of the game?
Playing a different set of rules changes this game fundamentally.

Anybody not liking the rules can divest, if they so choose.

Flags confiscate nothing.
Nothing is your's until it is in your wallet.
Harsh, yes, but succeeding in a tough game deserves more accolades than just showing up.
Imo.