Who has blocked whom is more natural to talk about when there is a primary object subjecting the other object to a test It is more natural when you're already used to OOP, but like any language, each have its syntax which feels very natural for its speakers. Comparing the structure of a similar sentence in Japanese and English, would you affirm to the japaneses "the english sentense is more natural"? I don't think they would agree. So your point about syntax is irrelevant. If you practice a language and love it, you'll embrace its syntax and it will feel very natural.

Objects map neatly to records Well, some data structure maps even more neatly to records, no? {:id 1, :name 'bob'}

Most successful startups use OOP and there is a clear reason for that: It's more productive I prefer not to waste time arguing with this, but programming is not about "successful startups".