Bitcoin will eventually need some form of L2 meta chain. Your mistake is to believe that LN, as it currently stands, will be that solution. Unless Rusty can address some of the fundamental flaws inherent in its design, it should self-immolate in the near future to allow a fresh approach to be taken.
You can't go around talking about 'fundamental flaws' without listing any of them if you want someone to take you seriously. I've encountered nothing about any flaws yet. May you list them? It's highly likely that they're a result of misinformation but let's see.
The [bitcoin core] roadmap is based on assumptions about economics, group psychology, ethics, and many other things which we have no reason to believe Core developers have any special skill in
Where did this quote come from? I see nothing but nonsense.