Ok, I will concede a lot of your points. Valid feedback. Thats why the title and summary said "let's talk about it!"

But "And telling them they're powerless might contribute to this." Is kind of just speaking to the stake issue and the RC issue both. The truth is, even if I somehow corralled a couple thousand minnows in a group, we likely couldn't move a witness one spot in either direction, or direct curation rewards at all, if all our rewards are 0.00 per vote.

Thats what I meant by powerless.