The reason to NOT do a simplistic block size scale without first having a reasonably workable target solution (and sidechains appears the strongest at this point) is because even at 1MB there are still some questions about how defensible that is under certain kinds of attack. How people could watch Obama and Cameron agreeing that nobody should have private info on their own fucking cell phones while at the same time taking it as a certainty that we will always be able to exchange whatever info we want at will even if it threatens corp/gov systems is baffling to me. It's pure hopium and very short-sighted.
I read this as you have not read the "Origins of the Non-delegation doctrine.", and I wonder if this is true. Because I'm not debating (or perhaps even engaging in dialgue) with a person on this subject that has not read such material. Obama is the Pharaoh that sits atop our Keynesian pyramid. He necessarily guards the gold, and makes the final consensus decisions. It means as we make these decisions and move to the block chain standard, he will no longer be relevant. Your fears then, are just that.