Hard to tell, reddit doesn't have enough manpower to mod everything, that's sure, but there are indeed bootlickers that would do anything to have a little power.
That's why I believe we, as users, have also an important part in it, we can support "our" mods, if they are forcibly removed, but spamming the subs to make reddit's mods life miserable, see how long they last lol.
Even better IMO is just quitting reddit, moving communities elsewhere, all lurkers that don't care will stay but that's ok, "we" don't need them.