I think that you've got this all wrong and do not realize the type of 'people' that are behind this. Since Maxwell already mentioned shills and whatnot, what I see happening, assuming that Core does agree to do a 2 MB block size limit for this reason that you've mentioned, is :"We've succeeded in pushing 2 MB blocks, it is time to go further. 4 MB blocks!". Do you really think that with all that was said in /r/btc that most (not all!) of these people have any kind of respect for the current (Core) developers? The answer is a clear no.
At some point the limit will have to be raised anyway. So, it doesn't matter that much in the greater scheme of things.
Let's not forget that Classic got buried (or #REKT
) in part as an outcome of the agreement between devs + miners. I don't think an alternative scenario where miners sided with ...classic, would be better - I still remember the market reaction when it was thought that classic was winning because they had all that "support" (real or imaginary). Core refusing to work for classic usurpers, pow hard forkings, btc getting forked in two with each one proclaiming the "one true btc" and stuff like that. Not very nice eventualities. All said and done, a hf in, say, a year, is not thaaaaat bad of a deal.