> The "They" that did the fork only managed to do it because there was a majority consensus agreement to switch to the forked chain.
A majority you may not agree with. So you’re still at the mercy of external entities, contradicting your original point.
> Seriously, why is it that every discussion about crypto has the same bullshit talking points?
Because proponents keep repeating the same debunked invalid talking points. Like saying anything they disagree with is FUD. That expression has become the Godwin’s law of blockchain discussions: it doesn’t advance the conversation, it’s just shorthand for “I angrily disagree with you”.
> So you’re still at the mercy of external entities
The people that didn't agree with the "DAO fork" continued on the original chain. None of them were forced to follow the majority. This is a huge important difference.
> None of them were forced to follow the majority. This is a huge important difference.
Quite the contrary, it’s a meaningless difference. Most systems have that feature.
Imagine everyone in your friends circle uses Signal. Then they decide to change to WhatsApp but you and one other refuse to do so. No one forces you to follow the majority, you simply deal with the consequences of not doing so. For example, you may have less of a voice in the decision of where to go to dinner together because you're not part of the main conversation.
You are (once again?) changing the actors and the power relationships between them and pretending it doesn't matter.
It's one thing to have "your friends" moving from one network to another. It's a completely different thing to have a network where there is an owner who can kick you out unilaterally.
None of the people that are using Ethereum Classic are disallowed to ever use ETH if they so want. They haven't been censored to continue participating in that network. It's just that to participate they must accept that the consensus of truth has changed.
A majority you may not agree with. So you’re still at the mercy of external entities, contradicting your original point.
> Seriously, why is it that every discussion about crypto has the same bullshit talking points?
Because proponents keep repeating the same debunked invalid talking points. Like saying anything they disagree with is FUD. That expression has become the Godwin’s law of blockchain discussions: it doesn’t advance the conversation, it’s just shorthand for “I angrily disagree with you”.