(mostly in response to your last two paragraphs which I think hold the crux of any difference between our opinions)
What are we doing here then if not to formulate some system for making a recommendation on what options to make available in the client software that is developed, particularly by the EF? I don’t see any reason why all options be made available by client developers (where is my EIP 858 supporting client, if so). It seems reasonable to me that if some prior vote (by key stakeholder groups or whatever else is chosen as politically legitimate) is made and a recommendation made to the primary client developers (particularly the EF) then going along with that in any way disenfranchises those who didn’t have things go their way. As you say, this isn’t a geographic region. They are free to make their own modifications and pursue a fork. It’s almost that the very nature of open source software and fork-able networks make disenfranchisement a non-issue.