Steemit is not the 'enemy' and their stake is less important than their contribution to the development of the Steem blockchain, however unsatisfactory at times. But the reason provided for hiding their stake doesn't hold, because there would never be sufficient support for a hardfork to strip Steemit of its stake, and nor should it be.
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Never say never, if there is a chance you have to be prepared and if there is such a big amount of money involved it's normal to do so.