I'm not talking to Core devs now, I'm talking to you -- a Core supporter who claims that blocksize shouldn't be increased, because fees market.
I don't run things, so my opinion is irrelevant.
If you want my proposal / solution, then that is not in line with core, classic, etc.
It would be something like:
-bump fees to at least 0.08$ per 250b tx.
-bump block size to 2 mb (or implement segwit with a 2mb effective capacity - but also ensuring that all bytes used by segwit get charged the same fees, irregardless of the data structure they are in). 4mb could also be implemented if safe.
-watch with pride the catharsis that ensues as dust/spam get evicted, and block use drops to 400-600kb/block with 3x-5x potential to grow