I don't know the Dev team personally. As a poster and reader of the forum, it often seems like "the few crackpot forum members" are actually the majority.
Hint: if you're serious with bitcoin, ignore the forum (almost) completely. The set of people that visit the forums , except for a few people, is completely distinct from the set of people that actively work on the code.I think it's some kind of troll trap
Cunicula is a known troll. This was his lame attempt at starting a "class war". He is always very insulting and puts other peole down.