This is not correct and can only be correct when you back it with data or evidence. All the merit data I have seen in the forum points that legendary members recieve more merits than lower ranked members.
Of course you are right, the available data proves your argument about Legendary members. Legendary is the user who gets the most merit either in a monthly or yearly period. I checked the data through the merit dashboard, it's undeniable.
Many people don't care about the rank, many people don't care about anything in live maybe save money.
You can notice that many people are applying to be merit sources while some who are merit sources don't care to distribute.
No strong feelings, here is just a discussion forum.
Applying to be a merit source is a desire to contribute to the users in this forum, but I don't think merit source is a obligatory type of work where they have to spend all their merit every month. They can stop doing it for some time, it's just free work. True, some people don't care about the merit system, some don't care about rankings either. That should be normal for this forum.