I think what matters here is that from the point-of-view of the AIP’s author, 1 ape (meaning 1 human) having an equal vote to another ape, is a superior form of governance to 1 $APE = 1 $APE. From there people can agree or disagree. The initial DAO statement made by the founders would have been more clear if they said $APE vs. APE.
If this was said plainly without trying to misrepresent a phrase with provenance, it would be so much more straightforward to respond to. In any case, I am personally completely against 1 human = 1 vote because its the most gameable system. It’s so straightforward on how to abuse a system like that, I hope no one seriously considers it. Just to be clear, I don’t think it’s an always bad system. It can work for small groups. It just doesn’t scale.
You can see yat’s own replies here and here which explains some of the reasonings. tl:dr 1 human != 1 human
I do think seeing the massive influence that Machi currently has with his voting power should be at least concerning to people. I do not personally believe having that much centralized power in a decentralized system is a good thing.
This is a concerning issue but I think there are a couple ways to tackle this. But in general I think this fear has been overblown. In AIP 316 for example, the against side was so unanimous, no matter the # of wallets or the token they represent, even a Machi Yes couldnt have saved it. There are also lots of other instances where a Machi No has been beaten. Machi voting one way definitely makes things much more difficult. But there are a few other large wallets out there. For example, I think the Mocas wield a ton more influence. They also vote much more consistently. Machi sometimes doesn’t even vote.
My approach to this would be to activate more voters and get them to delegate so that we have lots of whales. This also makes the pitching of AIPs much more streamlined. If token owners want to vote differently, they still can. Delegation also works within the current framework so we don’t have to burn everything to the ground.
But even this isn’t the point of this AIP. It’s to remove the Special Council. 1 APE = 1 APE was just used as a scapegoat for this purpose. So discussing this nuanced topic is sort of pointless here.