Increasing the block size to 2mb was such a small common sense change given the scaling problem in the second half of 2017, I lost faith in blockstream when they reneged on that simple change. That happened in plain sight, so no need for any conspiracy theories.

Blockstream's behaviour created the forces that led to Bitcoin cash, and that means people like me can move on and just hold equal amounts of both versions, and leave guys like you arguing with your 'opponents'. I don't know which version will succeed,  maybe both,