I would rather scale at higher layers with tradeoffs there as opposed to introducing risk to the base layer. 

The lack of an existential problem makes  unintended consequences resulting from a soft fork unnecessary, in my opinion. I would venture to say not many of the people pushing for soft forks are all in and have families to support.

Not saying this is you, but it’s easy to want change when you’re a single dude with a $500 stack.