The moral of the story is to take personal responsibility for decisions and don't rely on others to decide how to think and act.
This is even more relevant when a central authority then steps in and acts as the protective 'parent', leading to a lot of dependent adults who never grow up to learn their own mind.
Bang on target with those points, we have to see how things span out but it would be nice to use this as an opportunity to invite him to the Steemit platform, I was hoping to get some exposure with this post but now much traction