Four years ago I would have been against this practice, thinking it would be wiser if the upvotes and rewards were spread out in order to grow, strengthen, and decentralize "the community."

But yeah after watching for four years, you're probably right. It would just be sold and contribute to shrinking and weakening "the community."

If it bothers enough people and they feel like they're not earning enough, they could simply downvote your burn posts. That would redistribute some of the $19000 with much of it landing on their own posts.

Majority grinding daily trying to make something here won't even see this post or know what's happening though. Plus they probably dumped their stake so wouldn't make much of an impact. You snooze, you lose.