Wiping the Stinc stake was enough to ensure control on Hive, by a large margin.
I think it was much more than an expectation from Koreans. And when they realized they didn't get hive it was a big surprise to them.
In general, punishing people for their opinions, is just plain wrong. Here that's what happened. Governance was challenged, some people took the wrong side, and then 0 token.
We want governance to be contested on a regular basis, and if we punish people who disagree (and lose), well, it's just a slippery slope that leads to fascism.