They are supposed to be working towards, and in support of, consensus.
ok, curious to know from where does this rule come from?
I thought users take the decision independently and then based on those decisions consensus is formed, never knew the consensus was formed first and then users need to support the consensus.
Are we now making everything up as we go, POW/ consensus system/ what next?
Ok, which is it, and what's the difference?
"users take the decision independently" and "making everything up as we go" are just positive and negative ways of expressing the exact same fact: users (nodes) are in charge, not miners or developers.
Furthermore, the whole point of these forum discussions is to explore the ideas of independent users making their decisions about what they want from Bitcoin. That includes both ideas you do and do not like.
So, your meta-discussion angle is a bit bizarre: we're talking independently, right now (or at least we were until this diversion), about what we each separately think. That
is the process that gradually evolves into what each Bitcoin user decides to support in Bitcoin. Problem?