Ahhhh. Yes exactly. Your freedom to smoke ends at my nose. 
The difference between some of the freedoms you mentioned, pot for example doesnt apply here since its actually beneficial to legalize it. 
Bots on other hand arent weed, theyre more like drunk driving. 
And no, you cant ban all actions that have an ill effect on society, but you can regulate them. 
People will always vote sell, but even if that vote selling can be cut drastically by making it inconvinient you have done good. 
You make the cost of participating in those actions cost more then the actual benefit by increasing the risk. 

And no, its not only whales. But 80% of SP is in whale hands. Theyre delegation is what fuels the machine. 

I just dont think people will realize this ever. Most know its hurting steem but they have no power to change it so they join in. Some of them anyways