No one is entitled to receive the inflation controlled by another account, including whales. What makes Hive decentralized is the fact that every stake holder controls a piece of inflation and no one on the network can create inflation without following the very strict rules in place.

Decentralization is a spectrum. Everything is decentralized. Even central banking is decentralized. There are plenty of fiat currencies in the world. That is decentralization.

Oligarchies are more decentralized than Monarchies. Republics are more decentralized than Oligarchies. Direct democracies are more decentralized than republics. Yet they are all centralized at the same time because there is no such thing as pure decentralization. In fact, when something is 100% decentralized you don't even call it decentralized. The word you're looking for is distributed.

Getting tired of the same old shit being said over and over again. Nothing you've brought up brings any insight or clarity to the situation. Your opinion is not unique or insightful or productive. Get over yourself.

Plus, you're just flat out wrong:

There is still the same circle jerk upvotes from whales, the few claiming the majority of the rewards which will lead to centralization.

Really? Is that so? How will they recentralize the chain when they control the same percentage of the reward pool relative to their stake as everyone else? Think about it. My blog makes more money than I would if I was just upvoting myself. Many others can say the same. Your logic is nonsense. It's even more nonsense when we realize that a lot of the top 20 witnesses and devs leeching the DAO aren't even whales. We get more decentralized every day. Do the math before spreading your blind FUD.