Do you even realize that the long term outcome of Lightning (the Holy Graal of Core folks) would be to massively reduce the amount of transaction fees versus an on-chain scaling?
Wait, what?
Core is simultaneously accused that they want "higher fees" or "fee competition" and now accused for "wanting to massively reduce fees with lightning".
Please decide what core wants.
I think you are being deliberately obtuse - surely you get this?
There's nothing wrong with LN. Nothing fundamental anyway - if bitcoin really wants to get to visa like adoption ( and i still think thats a bad idea) then LN is the only game in town.
But it needs to play on a level playing field with the rest of the users - i.e those who wish to use the blockchain directly. Blockstreams intention is to artificially constrict supply so as to force smaller payments to LN, irrespective of whether it offers them a better service or not.
Miners get higher fees, but fewer of them. The bulk of the volume, low fees go to LN
What I'm saying is that it needs to survive in an open market. Not some sort of Soviet style managed/protected environment.