Taking the trappings even when they're not on offer is the way to show the intention of taking the substance of the thing because I refuse to be bought and sold by people who don't have the same understanding or appreciation for this discipline

Do you seriously believe the software you produce in isolation has any bearing on the world outside your window?

The only thing that matters is the quality of communication within the organization and most organizations behave like casually dressed socialist dystopias producing code that precisely reflects the petty squabbles and false power struggles that go into it

You're being bought and sold by management bros high fiving each other and missing

Two unrelated suggestions for you:

1. You can edit a comment for two hours after you submit it. You don't have to keep making parallel comments or replying to yourself.

2. Use punctuation. It would make your writing much more readable. (And if you're not trying to be readable, then you're just wasting your time and ours by posting here.)