An opinion piece got me thinking of the ETH time bomb

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/pawelkuskowski/2018/09/14/how-to-stop-ether-going-to-zero-the-difficultly-bomb-problem/#d1ea05246393

This stuff made me reflect, what if ETH just goes to zero because they won't make it in time or the miners will simply revolt again?
Can we really trust these POS implementations not to become an oligarchy? ETH is getting destroyed when it comes to price anyways, it's in for a hell of a ride.