revolutions

I really hate this mechanic in this game. Basically, what the modern age cultural legacy boils down to is spamming archaeologists and mass excavating tiles before everyone else does. I also noticed that my military units cannot kill them working on MY tiles. What the hell? Or is this a bug...

Is there a way to turn off separatism penalty from being the the 1st in leaderboard? I don’t want to turn off Revolutions option completely, I only want to modify some lines in order that the current leader doesn’t get “we don’t like you for being hegemon” (or whatever it is called) penalty. So...