For now it's just taken hostage by a small minority of people who try to stall progress as long as possible.. Gladly this will change with august the first. It will be ugly but it is necessary and in the long run Bitcoin will continue to thrive.
In terms of the $1million. Man let's talk about that in 20+ years again or so. Sure anything is possible, but not in short terms.
That is the million dollar question here,will the expected change from August make or break bitcoin,since you think that it will be ugly,what could be the short term consequences,will there be panic among investors and what can be expect during that time,there is a lot of uncertainty regarding forking and it all depends on how smooth the things move in the bitcoin space.