Still backwards. It's not the Core dev team enforcing that process. It's the users who enforce it by running the code. The fact that most of the nodes are running a Core client strongly indicates users like the way you can't change the rules without going through the moderated IRC/mailing list/BIP process. If a majority of network participants didn't like it working that way, it wouldn't.
core had 35% opposition had 65%
yet the 35% still think that core is the prime network
At one stage those might have briefly been the figures, but BIP91 had over 95% of miners supporting it. Plus, as always, it's not just about the miners, but also about the economic majority. Please tell me how you think BCH has an economic claim to that supposed 65% you keep referring to. I could do with a good laugh.