What is wrong with the goal of decentralizing development across multiple competing implementations?

Nothing, but that is absolutely not what is happening. I know this is your new talking point (a very tired strawman btw) Peter but it doesn't reflect on the situation at hand:
A totalitarian power grab for the governance of Bitcoin. Not the proposition of a new implementation but an attempt a hijacking the consensus code behind political motives
Please don't turn into Stolfi you are a valuable asset to this community when your head is in the right place