Even so ultimately Bitcoin is what the collective decides it should be. It may not be what the early arrivals wanted, but it is the will of the users.
Maybe it's more fair to say Bitcoin will be what the majority treat it as, which is different from what deciding it should be, which for me means a more purposeful deliberation rather than "I dunno, I'm holding I guess lol".
It won't be what the early guys wanted for sure though, but the essential outcome of the majority.