It does seem to me that the people running Eth sold out and violated one of the core ideals of crypto, which is that you don't seek to undo transactions by rolling back the blockchain and forking it. But with that much money on the line for them, it's no wonder they sold out. All that idealism about what Eth was and could be was just a front. In the end, special interests ruled the day, and the only thing that can be guaranteed with Eth going forward is that if certain people lose money or it's politically expedient to do so, the directors of this currency will use consensus voting for their own gain.