Unfortunately I completely agree with you, what's happening now matches very closely to how I'd expect an attack to take place. Also no matter how I look at it, eth looks to be compromised to me. But as Lombrozo mentioned in the madbitcoin episode, if bitcoin can't resist this, then there is no point to the project anyway. But I do find it shocking how easy it appears to be to influence the community. Greed is an ugly thing.