This is well written. Discussion and criticism are important, and encouraging that is useful as curators. Conversations and sharing of knowledge is the best and most freeing part. Knowing what you're can show you a direction and purpose, so I've been very careful in being specific about it in kinds of lists and databases
Not sure if I agree about the parts on what obscurity does, the helplessness of readers relying on other curators and some other theories, but the final point about being your own curator is really good. Do it yourself, and have faith in people to support each other! Don't be beholden to these companies and their manipulative greedy interests!
There are some recommendations here that are cool. I've seen the movie of Night is Short, Walk on Girl, that was the best part. Being in a library, finding what speaks to you with your own experience and feeling is good for your own agency and determination. This is truth and real freedom.