To reach consensus it means a constant debate, because there is never total consensus. The system works and things are moving in the right direction. These articles are just FUD clickbait from jealous people that own no coins. Focus on getting more BTC and don't waste time reading crap.
Absolutely right.Where is no dictator there is no: "Enough talk!That's it how we do it!"
The thing is in companies heating debates almost happen behind closed doors.And when a decision is made it is told to all employees.
But open source projects don't work like that.That's all.
SegWit is coming soon. Also Lightning Network seems to make good progress as Joseph Poon recently said in an interview to bitcoinmagazine. Also the last few weeks there were no big discussions happening.Why? Because devs are busy and working hard 'cause they want to deliver what is promised in core roadmap.