Yes, RS & the trusted nodes do have the power to change the client and the rules around block generation and there is nothing optional about this change, as the trusted nodes will upgrade to the new client and reject blocks from the old client. Continuing to run the old client will not work, which is a different to if you decided to change the rules of Litecoin or Gavin decided to change the rules of Bitcoin. In those cases, people could carry on using the old client and reject your changes. Is it good for RS and the trusted nodes to have this sort of power? That all depends how much you trust them I suppose.
This is such bullshit. Why would the future world economy trade their government-controlled currency for a coinhunter-controlled currency? It is the same, narrow-minded view that Satoshi thinks will work for him and his BTC millions. What happened to the libertarian ideals behind these currencies? Are they really pseudo-libertarian ideals just like the wallets are pseudo-anonymous? Now SC has its band of early adopters who will spout the benefits of their currency to high heaven to encourage the gullible to scrounge for coppers that make the earlier coins worth gold.
God damn so many of you are self-serving greedy sons of bitches.