the social contract (SHA256 PoW, 10 minute solution target, 21e6 emission, 1MB max block, pay-for-priority) cannot change one iota without alienating a dominant plurality of the socioeconomic majority's critical mass.
1MB may change, should it prove to be an insurmountable impediment to growth or stubbornly problematic for maintaining status quo.
Both of these statements cannot be simultaneously true. Which one do you consider dominant?