Has anyone close to Oda ever told him how ass he is at power scaling? Its impossible for readers to even predict how a fight is going to playout cause characters randomly fluctuate in strength fight to fight.
Sanji was running from vice admirals a few chapters ago only to mid diff an admiral now.
Zoro went from fighting strongest creature in the world to be unable to put down a opponent pre time skip Luffy beat. And this is after Zoro got a power up.
This goes beyond agenda piece. I takes away any stakes from fights because performances from previous don't predict future performances.