As shown in the block size wars, this is false.
Will it change? Perhaps. Only time will tell.
Bitcoin consensus is dictated by the economic actors actually using it. If Bitcoin becomes a simple financialized asset dominated by the legacy institutions and actors that it was built to free us from, then proportionally to their level of use they decide consensus.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/takes/the-trump-pump-a-road-to-capture-and-failure
