Interesting how sincerely you follow these flag wars here. Great read. My opinion about this is that no individual is powerful enough to stop the train Steemit has become. And I am not saying that because I am super euphoric about potential growth. I say that because even it is not as decentralized as is could and should be it is getting there. The action has already taken into the hands of hundreds of parallel working groups, communities and sometimes even individuals who pop up ideas, tools, services and support that no single group could plan. This is what will make Steemit successful. It doesn't matter what @dan or @ned or @berniesanders do. Sure each one of them contributes in their way. But so do we with our content and activity. Steemit is a hive and bigger than all of us.