Well said. I've never personally paid for a vote bot, but I've also been here over a year and a half which gives me a significant advantage over new users. I like how clearly you explained how markets function. Much of that was covered in the white paper originally as well. It's like a lottery but many want a meritocracy. The closer we can get to a meritocracy, the better, but we may end up finding ourselves battling against aspects of human psychology, such as it is today.
And in a year and a half new users would have been here for a year and a half :)