> 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.

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?