It takes ~ 3 years to mine 70% of XMR. - thats pretty far off from what i can see. For BBR it takes what? 6 Years? and then? No one will buy it because 70% are mined?! 3 years are such a big difference?
Actually about 11 months until it's 50% mined.
Everything can be changed or tweaked if needed; its that simple - so far we know absolutely nothing about if it will be needed and except baseless claims no one yet delivered a proof of that.
It can't though. It's part of the social contract- there will be too much resistance to change it at this point in time. It's something that just has to be lived with. As Este nuno points out, it may well make sense to enter the markets when inflation dies down.
That vote was indeed rigged by thankful_for_today and the army of BCN sockpuppets, which is precisely one of the arguments the pro-emission-change users have raised. We (the core team) didn't choose the emission curve. If we don't change it then it is out of respect for the social contract, and not for lack of desire.