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If we are to have two CC levels, I just think the 'higher' one should be reserved to people wishing to become editors. This as a pre-trainee step and including some more abilities than the 'lower' CC level.
I would agree with you if (emphasis on if) the CC1 was what I originally envisioned. Since CC1 is now essentially a nominal title granted rather liberally with very little material powers, the CC2 was needed to fill the gap to allow more material powers for those not interested in becoming an editor but can be trusted with those limited powers.
I suppose that our disagreement here is that your position is "all or nothing" (i.e. editor or not) while my position is something else.
To start at the end: My position surely isn't 'all or nothing'. It's 'a lot' ('regular' CC level) and 'even more than that lot' ('higher' CC level for aspiring editors).
We surely agree that the CC(1) level is being "granted rather liberally" and not turning out the way you imagined. On "with very little material powers", we don't seem to.
This as authorizations are actually quite advanced. Therefore, the question might rather be: Should they better have been balanced differently (= granting some not granted and not granting some granted)?