I don't think the 0.22.2 soft fork was really stealing. These weere ill-gotten STEEM from the ninja-mine, that Steemit Inc had committed for platform development in writing for several years. STINC also indicated these tokens would not be used for voting. STINC is a corporation that's based in the U.S. that should be help to their promises.

The soft fork froze those funds until the community could ensure that these funds would remain non-voting. Yes, it was a big mistake to not enshrine the STINC promises in code sooner. Or to trust Ned.

But now we have a situation where the STINC stake is voting and unencumbered... so perhaps 0.22.2 did nothing besides create the battle. But this battle will be a defining an important characteristic of Steem going forward.