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Large stakers in PoS don't necessarily have more power over governance than large miners in PoW. Some PoS chains have on-chain governance that give special voting power to stakers, but Ethereum's PoS chain for example does not.

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Just to make sure I understand correctly, Eth2 stakers have no “voting” power, but are relied upon in a core capacity to ensure the continued functioning of the network?

Something about this explanation seems incomplete.

Yes, that's exactly it. That's also how miners work in PoW. In both cases, they get paid for what they do.

Miners hold enormous political power in Bitcoin.

Users and developers are dependent on miners to create blocks. The negotiating power of miners is self-evident.

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