The technical experts you derive your arguments from have always thought that the network needed paternal stewardship.
The mindset reminds me of an excerpt from Mustapha's Chorus Sacerdotum.
"Created sick, commanded to be sound."
If it was true, it would probably mean guaranteed failure at some point in the future. Thankfully it isn't, and our consensus mechanism is built in, as described up thread.
I suppose there are people who think they are more clever than a simple system built upon the basic principle of aligned incentives.