I have some objections to this analysis.
The "wildly contradictory" arguments that you point to are precisely the problem: Fees could be so high that only rich people can use L1 (plebs sure aren't g...
"are precisely the problem" - by definition, there is no precise-ness to our assumptions about the future. Introducing new incentives for actors in this ecosystem in a hurried and contentious way, and not mitigating the risks of those changes, based upon something we do not "know" will happen is where the market has chosen thus far to draw the line.