yeah, but that doesn't matter, no matter how much you mine, or how many coins you have, you don't get any more say in the protocol rules than the people running

yeah, but that doesn't matter, no matter how much you mine, or how many coins you have, you don't get any more say in the protocol rules than the people running the nodes. Your stake is irrelevant, and whilst your hashpower secures the network, if you try to break/change the rules, nobody will accept the coins you mine.