What's with the "only RMT are hurt by pay to win" narrative?

Seriously, it's freakish. Any time a post or comment goes up that's critical of the new stuff added earlier today, it gets downvoted into the negative and slandered.

Is this a community-driven effort to establish a narrative so that the changes aren't reverted, or is this a straight up, cynical astroturfing campaign to quiet criticisms as they milk the game for every last penny?

I would genuinely love to know.

I accept responses in both the form of people presenting rational arguments *(for and against)* **and** reactive, regurgitative fecal-hurling about RMTs.