I understand your point, this post describes the system of DPOS and how it can be beneficial and inclusive.

Like all political systems it can be gamed, people can also be pressured to vote a certain way just like in real life.

Having said this, I don´t see anything wrong in Hive account@dan voting for the witnesses that support his proposed changes, its like on election day a Candidate for president goes and votes for himself.

As I see it there is still lots of witnesses that have not upgraded and they are still there in the top 19, but that is another debate all together..