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If meta-moderation powers were assigned randomly and uniformly, this could be gamed by just spam-creating tons of accounts. Any system that accepts user input needs to have a robust answer to the question "What if a significant percentage of my users are actually bots under control of a single person?"

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You could disincentivize them by having access to the metamoderation queue behind the subscription. Thus it's $2/mo/user account.

I wonder how much would a government intelligence or defense department who controls millions of bot accounts be willing to pay per month in order to have even a small percentage of power over who gets to mod (for example) r/ukraine?

Considering 1 patriot missile costs several millions, it would be pocket change.

Yes, and to some extent, what's at stake is to get to choose the next president (or future dictator) in the US.

What's that worth for, say Xi in China - look at how much he is ok with spending on invading Taiwan. And how much he'd save, if a to him a more friendly person (Trump) became the president. Then compare that with $2

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