It's a temporary solution to a current problem, yes.  Let the problem continue or put a band-aid on it until a viable solution is achieved with proper consensus?  I vote the latter.  The original whitepaper would echo this sentiment as well, you should read it if you haven't already.

Bitcoin is already pretty centralized and the only players are the ultra crypto-rich, sadly.  Gold is kinda cool in regards that it kills off ASIC love and favors the GPUs of the layman, I like that since it brings about more decentralization and takes some power from the powerful.

I'm still holding out for EOS, haha.  TX fees will be a thing of past, as will debates about scalability, TX times, etc.  Lightning sounds cool though, for now, until it's obsolete.  I need to read more about it.