A snapshot of this proposal has already been made and was heavily rejected. You can see it on the snapshot page.
I am more than comfortable answering that question. UNI is an investment vehicle with governance aspect. So both of these things are intertwined and cannot be treated separately. I think its highly likely that people who bought the token think along a similar line. It is incredibly selfish to discard the people who have vested the most amount of trust you can possibly put into a project. Snapshot results also reflect this by the way.
With this comment, I would like to invite @nadav_dharma to offer further clarity regarding the waybackmachine accussation because it is outrageous.