But in the proofof work model, this money has to flow to the productive side of the economy, the working class.
with fiat, there is no guarantee for this, because rich people can bend the rules and force people to reverse transactions or to pay money to the government. With bitcoin this is impossible, possibly opening new chapters in africa
Higher transaction fees means faster redistribution of bitcoins to the working classes, which makes it more profitable to mine and thus decentralizing it, while also discouraging unnecessary blockchain usage while users can still use the lightning network for day to day transactions.
Other methods to reduce transaction fees include utilizing communication layer for "single utxo transaction trading" and maybe other methods to merge transactions not only based on time, but also on destination or something.
