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alternative is holding popular and unprincipled views
Its not "either / or".
You can be both principled and also acknowledge that things will likely change in negative ways that impact those principles over time.
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I think we're at very a different understanding of the nature of principles
No one is denying the existence of entropy, but many things are constant, and to forget or dismiss those is to repeat the errs of history.
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AFAIK he hasn't disputed this, what did I miss?
This fact also doesn't mean we (maxis) should embrace every bullshit scam (federations) that makes false promises on how to mitigate trade-offs.
The alternative is holding popular and unprincipled views. Long term things evolve around the nuances of principle.