Do you actually understand that PEOPLE, not only banks will be able to run full nodes in their basements even if block size is 50MB, right ? So what the hell are you talking about ?
Yeah, I got that part.5 years from now you will have cluster of i7 something machines, with very performing A/C and everything, just to be so cool.
But I'd rather prefer to be able to verify this fine chain on my laptop
EDIT: And about the religion, when you said "freedom", it sounded like a religion, thus my answer.