[zanny]

It requires consensus in the chain to make such a fork. While you can argue against raw direct democracy of hash power like that, anyone who believes the state does not represent the will of the people should be strongly interested in something like Eth where the will of the majority is absolute.

[ohnomrbill]

Agreed on the consensus; the nice thing about making decisions with a currency is that people can vote with their money. But I can buy other state-backed currencies today, some of which I trust to represent my interests. They have the benefit of an established legal system too, which Ethereum does not.