The main thing I want to point out, amongst all the other things you got wrong, is you have the wrong attitude on powerdowns.

IF you are for more decentralization you would advocate whales power down and sell so that the resources are spread out.

Might you be confused on the concept and thats why you would criticize Kenny for powering down and selling?

Optimal conditions for decentralized proof of stake:

Does not need whales to function, ever.

Does not want whales, ever.

Wants staked resources spread out to as many people as possible to further decentralize.

Wants whales and early holders of large stake to sell so their large power hold over the entire chain as is eventually gone(75/25 rewards actually did that). Whales are a centralizing force, that control large amounts of power, all whales with excess staked resources are a potential threat vector to decentralization(block trades can unilaterally unvote top witnesses and drop them from top 20 right now, assuming nobody else counters with voting for said witnesses).

I wont touch the other parts, just find it curious people want whales to be forever leaders, for some reason you "seem" to believe might = right and like a small amount of whales having power to assert their views.