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No. Not unless they heavily self vote.

Their downvoting in JUST cases is positive for their real investment..THE STEEM that they have powered up.

If Downvoting is too easy....abuse will be worse because you can downvote everyone/anyone and not lose your Voting Power. The current system makes most people weigh the cost...and, in theory, only downvote to help protect their longterm investment.

They lose out on curation rewards.

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