> I believe andrew and loris have been with zig for long enough to have their own bias and no longer be aware of it, thus I believe it's the newcomers' job to hold up the simplicity design premise now...

Zig aside, that's an astute observation in general. I think this is an issue in Python where the old guard that have been part of the project for decades and are extreme experts have gotten bored and started cramming in new language features.