Systems always come with their flaws no doubt and this is a loop hole that needs serious looking into, maybe it would be better if steemit can put measures like limits on self votes and cut down to a perticular % depending on ones steem power, but lets be honest self voting has helped alot of people get paid and changed their lives for the better, it isnt such a bad thing when you look at it from that perspective and as such it has its positive side, for an individual to have self votes getting into $100s he did alot of hard work and made alot of sacrifices, it didnt just fall in his laps, not withstanding i agree with you at certain levels and i believe its better for regulations to be made. Great post by the way @bitgeek