You are a consumer by choice. You feel squeezed out by people with more initiative than you. You think you should be comfortable as a consumer, because that's what you've been conditioned to think. There is no centralization because in Feathercoin, everyone is encouraged to explore their talents and influence the coin.

You choose to be a bystander. All you want in a coin is just a means of exchange. The problem is reality doesn't care about your expectations. The only way to be secure and successful is to be active.

Here's a place to start: http://programming-motherfucker.com/become.html