I replied with this:

No I don’t trust those individuals, and neither should anyone else.

Individual nodes that anyone can operate around the world (I just started running one myself) are the gatekeepers of Bitcoin.

It’s extremely difficult to change Bitcoin. Each node must CHOOSE to download an update. Anyone with skin in the game is incentivized to only accept good code. If an update contains bad code, the network won’t obtain consensus and will fork.

Those 6 people can theoretically do anything they want, but the decentralized network majority needs to accept it.

On the other hand, in the current system, 12 really old white men all get together in a room once a month to decide the price of money (interest rates) for the whole world and no one is allowed to say no!