Conspiracy Theory: Bitcoin Core most influential community members want it to fail

I have a wild theory: What if there are 2 types of bitcoin maxis, those who created a lie to make it fail so that the market heals after the fall, and those who believe the lies.

Every mention of a significant upgrade that would solve a real world problem using bitcoin is censored from the core community. Every pull request is closed when it doesn't conform to the "L2 feature/plugin facilitator" model. Even quantum protection is getting the hammer. So, what gives?