I think this highlights one of the real problems with Bitcoin Maximalists - if you have "one true coin to rule them all", you really don't want Sauron anywhere near it. Any system can be captured and corrupted, real freedom comes from the market place where there are millions of vendors and customers all operating as individuals, self custodying their own stuff not storing it in the official warehouse. We NEED a lot of different coins competing against each other, all with their own proponents and ecospheres. If the controllers true intent is to have only a very limited range of options for their slaves to operate under, then anything that gives us more choice is to be welcomed.