Yea I'm just pointing out what is literally happening, not what impact it has on human psychology. It absolutely will completely go away in 2140, and will be irrelevant in the next 5-10 years.

But yea today miners are still primarily getting paid via subsidy not by tx fees.  So yes they are doing work and we all agree it's fair and we all agree they they should be subsidized, but we are printing money to pay them.