Boy, I really wouldn't want to work with you. The unfortunate situation to which you're referring was the result of trying to mitigate a microtransaction attack that was happening on the blockchain. It was a rock and a hard place situation, and because the community was still relatively small and focused, the devs tried to get everyone to upgrade simultaneously. They chose to risk a fork rather than risk effectively dead-ending the blockchain with dust. There was no good solution that didn't come with risks, but it certainly wasn't a result of "idiocy" as you flippantly imply.