Are you talking to yourself?
Can you leave the hyperbole & strawmen out of the discussion?

The reality is Stephen is right, over time the mandatory fee is likely going to be LESS relvent.   Market forces will determine what fees are required and they will vary depending on what the user needs (i.e. to have a guaranteed placement in the next block might cost 0.01 BTC, to have a high confidence of being in the next 20 blocks might require 0.0005 BTC).  Users who want fast access are likely going to pay MORE than the minimum fee.  Free transactions will always be possible.  The mandatory fee is only imposed on low priority transactions. If you are willing to wait for sufficient coin age AND willing to wait for space in a block you can continue to use bitcoin without a fee.

Also I would like to put into perspective we are talking about a sub cent fee.  A fractional cent.  There is no other transaction system on the planet which is that cheap.  None.  Not even cash.  Most banks impose a fee of 0.1% to 0.3% on cash deposits over some threshold on business accounts.  If you have enough cash to warrant armored car service the fee is even higher.  Even at $0.01 per tx Bitcoin is the cheapest payment system on the entire planet.  Period.  The idea that it must be even cheaper to compete is laughable.