You have already said somewhere that the rules are made by those who hoard and multiply the most money in the system for themselves. It's like the world out there: downvotes are not used horizontally, but vertically. Thus, in the real world, the laws do not apply to the powerful, who make these laws, but to the powerless. It is no different here. The killer argument that these characters bring to it is that "you could go somewhere else and do business."
Sometimes there is a war between the big guys and we have already seen that on Steemit.
The problem with virtual money-making is that it knows no boundaries, and that might not be one if there weren't people who know no boundaries at the same time. For a long time I thought that arguments, reason and a certain kindness could help such minds to come to their senses. Maybe that's true, but with some personalities it's hopeless. Presumably, the only thing that works here is public shaming and humiliation, something they have learned from early childhood at their worst and have gone from victim to perpetrator. With all the cool ignorance and incomprehensible phrasing and slurred speech peculiar to this disorder. ... But then, maybe not and it's getting worse, I don't know.