While I cannot eliminate the possibility that certain Core devs working for Blockstream may indeed share a vision with their employer as to what Bitcoin's future would be
Hahahaha.
That's a nice downplaying manipulation right there.
Actually most of prominent Bitcoin Core devs also work for Blockstream:
Adam Back
Gregory Maxwell
Luke-JrMatt Corallo
Pieter Wuille
Peter ToddMisattributing one dev as a Blockstream employee is understandable, but two at the same time, is probably too coincidental.

Sorry, my mistake.
These two are only strongly affiliated with blockstream. Not employees.
I will have proof in a minute, working really hard here.