Yes, Steem is a business. At the end of the day that is what it is. It, by its very nature is designed to make money. Any business person interested in Steem would very likely be interested because they are interested in making money. People were terribly terribly naive about all of this. In my opinion, Steem, was never truly decentralized. It's a nice thought, but it wasn't reality.
I do not see a difference between how Justin reacted and how the witnesses behaved. It seems extremely similar to me.
Man, I wish we lived in a world where things that are good and right were actually a priority and promoted. How naive is that though? Bah, wrong planet!
Yes, the last line of what you said covers why our witnesses should perhaps more carefully considered not pissing Justin off. More bees with honey. I don't know what they were thinking!!!