Well the people who were dumping it back in the day were also able to buy it for 7 cents back then again which is still a long way to go for us.
So the early or here better said timely bird caught the worm double.
I am a bit out of steemit politics but I always thought it is a good thing when people were fighting about the reward pool etc as it shows interest and people cared.
Have not seen this for a while now though.
The hashwars show us pretty good how concentrated wealth can be used and I hope as you the low prices attract more people to gain a bigger stake and with that more influence in the network.