I appreciate the openness and confirmation of what I also believe/think.
From my view once we introduce hierarchical status/power we can only expect people to fight for it (if they want to get to that level). It’s the human nature… voting power is already controversial enough, we shouldn’t need another hierarchy on top of that.
That said, removing the status and power I don’t see as many issues with “Working Groups” or Community Members paid to put time and effort in the governance process. If we have enough individuals helping proposers and giving some analysis of the proposal (let’s say pros and cons, it doesn’t/shouldn’t be yes/no) they deserve some compensation for that work, I’m fine with that as far as people don’t need to “fight for it”.
Paying individuals/groups to do something means everyone else will not care/worry as much about it, someone will do the work (aka “they get paid for that”). Nevertheless it’s not the only reason, as example the more I see people fighting because they don’t like a committee recommendation less I want to be involved.