Your sweeping statement and assumptions seem to indicate that you’re not being truthful. You don’t know how many or who I talk to, you cannot claim that your folks are “real world” and thus nobody else’s opinions are well-grounded, you reply with “bullshit!”, and you pretend that you know my desires. That all pretty clearly indicates that you are not proceeding from any honest assertions.
So you know people on 5 bases what can that be 50 to 200? I speak to lots more on a regular basis than that because of my position and social circle. Talked to quite a few well connected folks last night at a social outing last night. They had some very interesting comments which do not support the narrative you are pushing.