The whole idea of transacting on blockchain is to keep it open, transparent and accessible. Without necessary measures (like block size limit) intended to prevent it from bloating, sinking and eventually getting locked in those large data-centers, Bitcoin won't be any more attractive than today's fiat. As it stands now, Bitcoin does deliver as advertised.
If the blocks became consistently full Bitcoin
will not work as advertised. I do know that we are on the same page in regards to this point at least.

Why not? There is nothing in Bitcoin advertisements about blocks being half-empty!
Riding blockchain without the block-size-limit is like driving an automobile without brakes.