I wonder about this too. On one hand, holding HP helps secure the chain, takes HIVE off the market, you can participate in governance and incentivize others to receive HIVE for doing a certain activity. On the other, HP will earn you money.
70+ rep and <2500hp just says you haven't even been able to look out for yourself.
Yes, savers and spendthrifts.
Not too hard to figure out which is more socially desirable.
As long as the biggest accounts continue to support the dumpers, this is what we get.
The sad thing is that all this cheap hive being dumped is concentrating and not distributing the token.