As an older man I would say the lack of introspection (on the part of core) is in part because they haven’t seen enough of life. They are brilliant in one area but so immature in what it is to be human.
It’s apparent in their behavior.

I would like to see you do a video on this subject. It would be useful.

I recommend you close your eyes and listen closely to Bitcoin Mechanic and the words he uses. You might come away with a different perspective.

You’re quite the slight-of-hand practitioner. Direct attention elsewhere to confuse and hide your real motives.

The first thing I ask myself is qui bono? Who benefits? In this case is it the node runners (decentralized) or a group that wants control?

When Rome was an empire, the saying was qui bono? Who benefits?
Who benefits when spam is forced on the nodes by your altruistic devs? I’ll stick with the one developer whose interests align with Satoshi’s vision, a monetary network.