To be clear, I don't take sides in any of this. Both Justin Sun and most if not all of the previously top-20 witnesses are scumbags who should probably be indicted for fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. I think some are secretly hoping for that, because it would grant government's validation of their failed shitcoin to imply in court records that it's actually currency.

To claim that Steemit wasn't using its stake to vote for witnesses is extremely dishonest. Because Hive account@misterdelegation Hive account@pumpkin wut? Plus, both Hive account@ned and Hive account@steemit (and I haven't even bothered to look that far into any of their scores of sock accounts) have delegated millions of SP over the years to various "projects" which do vote for witnesses.

If you're just mad that your pimp sold you to another pimp, fine. But you're still a prostitute.