I think if CSW & nChain do hire more hashing power to commit 51% attack they would openly expose themselves as enemies of Bitcoin & no one would ever trust them any more.
But they'll "own" the chain. It'll be their territory.
Agreed. If CW wins this then the bully will have more reason to expect control over any other future decisions and will threaten and throw tantrums if he doesn’t get his way.
Sure at the end of the day the hash will decide however the community would still have to put up with CW pretending he’s the king of the castle on his SV throne.
CW is leading the SV project. He is threatening the community if he doesn’t get his way. Therefore if SV wins he will assume his imaginary dictatorship to any future changes/upgrade