The debate started from "the miners are stopped from being rational".
No, it was about a situation where incentives external to the protocol might override block rewards. All game theory assumes that miners will be rational.
Hypothetical situation: The Chinese government pays miners to attack the network, and threatens those who don't comply with prison time. Wouldn't it be rational for Chinese miners to engage in the attack? I think so...
NO, that would show the Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and SV communities that the miners that accepted payment can be irrational, and can never be trusted. POW change, their attack would cost them everything.
I believe it might bring the Bitcoin community together again, maybe for a short time.
