"...Justin Sun has no real incentive to act as a "Benevolent dictator"..."
Profit is his most relevant feature. How can he make money from Steem? Without our help, all he can do is sell his tokens. He might recover his money, but he won't make any that way.
Steem has a lot of dapps, and particularly Splinterlands, which could spread to Tron and actually attract users to Tron. @aggroed seems like a businessman, he and Matt both. There's more like them around here too.
In fact a charm offensive full of business proposals that make Sun money, or benefit Trom some way, could be our most potent weapon to preserve our autonomy and blockchain. If he's making money from the status quo, there's no need for him to squeeze harder - unless we hold out on him. He's got money to invest and we've got business plans that need funding and a nifty tool to enable novel profit centers. We should put that to work asap IMHO.
Being an asshole to @aggroed sure isn't gonna make Sun any money. He'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
RE: The History of Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPOS)