I disagree. People who engage in this kind of practice tend to get removed from the default trust network pretty quickly. There are plenty of examples of people getting removed quickly after engaging in this kind of activity. There are also a lot of examples of people claiming abuse when there is really none that results in people not being removed - these people are almost universally scammers.
Of course you disagree, you are in the 1%. The people in power will never agree to remove themselves from a privileged position. They will go to great lengths to justify and rationalize their position and a need to keep the status quo. They will even go so far as to make contradictory statements and then fool themselves into believing what they are saying is not a logical fallacy, just as you are doing in this post. Then, when it's pointed out to them, they will either return with more illogical responses that don't stand up to even a modest amount of reason or resort to ad hominem attacks like Vod does.
Hey look over there.... some one worthy of being in my trust list!