It’s a good analogy and I agree that the simulation will always end that way.
I mean yea, if everyone just battles each other constantly for power and there is no working together, it could get brutal.
But I’m actually not so sure it matters who has the most HP. If people have more HP they are less likely to do what you described. If 1 person owned all the HP then it would be pointless.
You want some diversity of ideas because it is inherently a creative platform.
IF all the hp voted, very few people would be getting rewards.
https://peakd.com/utopian-io/@paulag/the-impact-of-unused-steempower-on-the-rewards-pool-blockchain-business-intelligence
So, there is restraint being exercised.
The real question is who holds the hive on the exchanges, at this point, I'm not sure that number exceeds 5, most of which are arbitrage bots and hold less than 20%.
Should that hive get powered up the power structure would look even worse.