User blog comment:Woohoot/Are we done?/@comment-1595565-20150508065251/@comment-24769684-20150509022121

Riku (and Doflamingo himself!) made it clear that Doflamingo's tyranny has existed all ten years. Kyros and the dwarves' revolution would have still occurred, and whether or not it would have succeeded without Luffy and Law is another thing, but Doflamingo would have shown his true colors eventually. It would be very hypocritical of the citizens to blame the Straw Hats for all their troubles. Remember in Chapter 785 when one citizen said he didn't care who was beating Doflamingo to a pulp, he was just glad Doffy was getting beaten up. I'm pretty sure the citizens know who the real villain is.