Things seem to change pretty quick in this game ... no Kingdom Stances, Rituals and Scientists are new additions that may or may not last ... with all of these changes you can at least hope that the ones you dislike are changed in the future...
I know how you feel - i like a hobby called Warhammer Fantasy and it has been shat upon by its current owners and warped into a pukish copycat version designed for dummies ... i refuse to play the new version. It seems you feel like this about the new additions to utopia ... the Utopia Aftermath as you say...
Maybe just try to learn to play around the new rules and find the new loopholes ... anything your enemies can do to you - you can do the same back to them and reverse the hurt you feel from the game mechanic changes...
You only hurt because you care. Try to fix it...