"A few years ago, I thought that elitist waffle had gone for good."
Because there a still people around who believe that the ideas you have just put forwards are not only wrong, but are detrimental to the future of the music we are involved in, this subject is still relevant and will come up continually until some sort of consensus is reached, or until the whole house of cards crashes about our ears - count the number of threads and postings on this and similar subjects.
You may be satisfied with what is happening - some of us ain't.
Jim Carroll