He controls millions in SP (which by the way is powering down through different accounts) and he chooses to support sketchy projects like pointed out in the post. Also, from Dan's main account you can see that he withdrew more than 3 million STEEM over the last 5 months. Just some little facts.
And for the Rome part, I agree with you, but Steemit doesn't have 5 years as no other social media ever had. They either go mainstream or collapse way more faster than 5 years. (Steemit has already been around for about 2 years)
RE: Talking about Steem’s issues and Ned's actions