It's the non-mining nodes that verify transactions and have the final say, and those can be run on home devices by regular people. That's the difference.
If miners's new block isnt accepted by the network - they've just lost millions.
Rules are enforced by block verification of the nodes that accept - or refuse to accept mined blocks.
It's amazing that in 2021 people still do not understand the basics of it.
That's all miners are. Mercenaries hired for 10 minutes at a time.
Not sure if you realize the implication of what happens if you arm a bunch of mercenaries and then fire them and turn your backs on them.
The breakaway hostile fork is now worth 2 percent of the original work.
So..nothing?
Anyway I don’t think reality is as simple as your last comment suggests. There was a lot going on at the time including a lot of misinformation.