Solid points.
Wehn bidbots were around. I had to use them because it was the only way to get noticed since no one was curating. I was beginning to think I had joined a weird cult.

everyone's right to decide on whatever the fuck they want to do on a decentralized platfrom as long as they're not screwing over anyone else.

I sort of agree with this. However downvoting is also a right. Does that mean being downvoted is a risk? We have a responsibility/ freedom to avoid getting a downvote by 'being good Steemians' (you can call it something else).
You can't get downvoted if you don't post. That was the issue before. For a social media platform, 90% of the SP was owned by people who never posted.
I feel bad for people who invested at 3 or 6 or whatever dollars per steem, I think I bough a few above 1. The point is, the price was over inflated. The system collapsed and we are trying to scrap up the pieces.
It won't happen with bid bots around.

I always tell the hold outs, start a bid bot scot tribe, use the minimal amount of sp to have your rc, then make a bot that only accepts your token for bids in your token....see how well your tribe does.

No one takes up this challenge because they all know bid bots only worked for few people when few people were using them. It was like the aristocracy blaming the peasants for being unruly.