A very thorough and in depth write up thus far. Thanks for sharing on both sides of the perspectives. This may be a case where a public entity suddenly get privatized by a single entity. While the single entity seeks to control, but it fails when the public retaliate back by voting against the action.
It’s certainly worrying when you see there can be a circumstances where witnesses can come together and start applying restriction or annihilation measure on someone (account). But that’s also because of the politics within the community that majority favors against the movement taken by Sun. So I would say, there’s still a certain level of democracy there and freedom.
Looking forward that Steem community can really sit down with Sun and get this straighten up.
Personally, I'm optimistic.
Sure, it's possible that Sun has lied through his teeth. Though I have enough trust in his own self-interest that he'll deliver upon his promises and work cooperatively to sort things out as much as possible to create outcomes that work for the most people possible here...