I wouldn't favor a fork, at this time, it would likely fail for the reasons you state.
That wasn't the case some years ago before the brick wall successfully exerted itself.
Absent a dex hive has little chance of advancement, a fork without one would fail, imo.

Is what you are saying that we can expect the next 10 years to go the same as the last 10?

The point I was making is that the whales are what give the votes its value.

Clearly.