[atweiden]

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.

[DennisP]

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

[atweiden]

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.