I can only assume you are speaking of this chess related post written about a year ago, where you made quite substantial rewards, even after being downvoted for 0,169€ and 4,659€ by two accounts.

Where's your loss though? Remember, the money isn't really yours until it's in your wallet.

I'm not going to argue about centralization issues, since you don't really understand how the HP is spread.

These figures from mid-2020 show that the power distribution on Hive is clearly not centralized in whale hands only, but the middle-class actually controls most of Hive Power, and the whales do not.

For comparison, here's how the power was distributed on Steem before we migrated to Hive:

It doesn't really seem as bad as you are suggesting.