It's always been political. It is all about power and control.
It would not "take time to work out issues" - Well it would take about 5 minutes, rather than 5 years, if the desire to do so was there. Which it isn't...
My solution: Make the maximum downvote value equal to the average upvote value for the post.
Will that ever be done? Not on this blockchain...no...
that seems like an interesting idea... as you seem to have proposed it before, what happened? nobody listened? These things take time for adoption and since it would require a hf, it isn't easy to change it. Have you made a post about it?
Yes from time to time for the past five years...but it would interfere with controlling content and taking money from the reward pool