feel free to replace 'Satoshi' with another respectable and active "bigblocker" we know today.
It is not even about Satoshi, it is about his vision, which many people still believe in, that is not an appeal to authority. At least not for the people that truly believe in this vision independently. His arguments stand by their own merit, not his authority, do not conflate the two.
lol imho satoshi is now in some pub browsing this drama on his phone. Man he must be laughing his ass now.