The XTfork is dangerous as it turned a technical debate into a political oneEven worst,
they have turned this debate into a divisive governance issue well outside of the actual block size problem. 
And what is the point of keeping the blockchain so decentralized it is not even useful for no one? Who will run a node of a useless blockchain? If most transactions are driven off chain, will transaction fees will be enough to ensure strong enough security? I seriously doubt it. Exactly, you are absolutely correct. That is why I have linked this article because it explains this as well in more detail:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=946236.0Or if you prefer in the form of a podcast:
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-241-the-big-blockist-perspective