> this whole thing is that this could be a very good reminder to the miners and the big, big dollar companies in Bitcoin who's actually in charge, which ought to be the nodes
You just do not get Bitcoin! The whole point of Bitcoin is that nobody is "in charge". In the event of a material disagreement over the consensus rules, the existing rules must prevail. If Bitcoin does not have that property, of robust rules, it is useless, because the powers that be will be able to change Bitcoin