Consensus is determined by code, fees, blockspace, and economic demand.

If all the 'bitcoin is money' people used bitcoin as money, transactionally, at least semi-regularly, we would have way less spam and we wouldn't even be having these "debates."

People will tell you "we need to keep the chain clean" and "bitcoin is money..." while rarely using it as such. If only a small percentage of Earth's population were using Bitcoin on a regular basis the fees would be way higher, miner revenue more robust, miner centralization in better shape, and the 'censorship resistance' tested more thoroughly and more completely.

So where are these people???