The core development team had more than enough time now to design a version of Bitcoin that allows scalability. The original Bitcoin never had the 1MB limitation and raising it now to 2MB will not kill the currency, it's simply adjusting the code to new requirements, gives BTC the potential to grow further and seems to reflect minimal consensus needed at this point in time. Let BTC thrive with 2MB blocks. Very simple. Classic it is!
Sounds like you've been misled by soundbites, and aren't very technically oriented. If Bitcoin is hardforked to 2MB by a majority of hashrate, businesses, and users... Bitcoin haz failed, K? It's only logical. Antifragile ftw.