Miners do not set the rules, they are merely a service that provides immutability to a ledger, with a nuclear option that will bankrupt all the billions they have invested, should they misbehave.
Large stakers can rent-seek and extract your wealth, PoS is the same system we have now, plus some code.
You are quite literally being exploited right this minute, by the same methods outlined in the article.
Stakers do not set the rules any more than do large mining pools.
> Large stakers can rent-seek and extract your wealth, PoS is the same system we have now, plus some code.
You know MEV is a thing in PoW too, right?
Their contribution is what makes the currency work.
They are some of the main profiteers from the currency.
You can't do a fork or rule change without enough miners going along (I mean you can but it would not have much value).
So in practice have all the governing/decision making power (as a group not a single person).
Sure they might not come up with changes, but they do decide weather any change do take effect in the end.