It's time to reevaluate the idea of adding a PLEX/Chronoscroll-like system to FFXIV

[Fyce]

Now THAT'S a really nicely constructed strawman. I'd congratulate you if it wasn't such a low blow.
And there'd be nothing wrong with someone buying up a high lvl character too, BTW. Like you can already do for some time in World of Warcraft, BTW.

Why should you be able to skip something others have put time, effort and dedication into, just by using real world money, in a virtual MMORPG?

It's just like saying "I don't have the time for all that bullsh*t, so take my money and give me everything the others have".

It's okay to buy some boosters and stuff in Candy Crush if you really want to beat a level for which you don't have enough time to spend trying it again and again... but in a subscription based MMORPG where real world social status and choice of life should be irrelevant? No, and it seems very wrong just to think about giving this kind of power only to the people who can afford it with money.
This is exacly why people hate Pay to Win based MMOs.

Your real life problems and available time should be dealt by you, and you only. They should not affect how a social game like a MMORPG is designed.
Deal with that stuff by yourself. Don't blame the virtual world for not adapting to your real life. Because if it was the other way around, it would create inequalities.