But that's the problem. You're right in everything you say, and yet the conclusion that we simply accept things as they are seems to be the difficulty. If that attitude prevails then the remaining shows will get worse and eventually disappear completely.
Surely, the only sensible way forward is to abandon the whole show format and start afresh. Re-examine the "safety" rules that prevail and re-examine the relationship between routine/operational flying and display flying. My guess is that if there was enough will to look at things differently without any agenda, a really good event could be staged. I just fear that nothing like that will happen because nobody seems willing to think outside of the same parameters that have applied for decades.