Blockchain centralization, in reality, looks like this:
This move is an orchestrated hostile takeover.
Congratulations!
Your move will go into the blockchain history books as the first documented successful gaming of the DPoS platform.
Your case will be a part of the primary school curriculum - blockchain 101.
On a second note - has anybody seriously considered that any exchange would cooperate in such a scheme? I am afraid that, while most of us have been too naive, some of you have seen this coming.
How do we move from this? Community-based hard fork?
Still Better and better
From this, we will come out wiser and stronger. And with proper blockchain governance.