Men in smoke filled rooms making decisions for the world is the old way of doing things, a small group thought they could do the same thing on Bitcoin and found out the hard way - You can’t brute force consensus. The only way to change consensus is coalition building over time, explaining and educating how the changes align to individual incentives. That’s why the supply cap won’t change - it’s in no-ones interests so no coalition of any substance will be built around it.