It matters what hash you have and how much that hash is attackable if people are thinking about using your coin. What are ABC gonna do? Use SCRYPT and hope LTC says "hello friends" ?
Good point. Can't wait to see how this plays out. For the moment, I sold all my BCH, will wait until the results are known and price is rock bottom before I get back in.
If everything goes unexpectedly smoothly and one chain emerges solid and the price pumps in the process, then are you gonna FOMO back in? Risky business.
And Satoshi was completely right... unless the majority of the hashing power wants to mine at loss. Eventually, despite politics, miners have to follow the money.
Also Satoshi, in http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf, 12 Conclusion: " They vote with their CPU power [....] Any needed rules and incentives can be enforced with this consensus mechanism."