I've been meaning to write my thoughts about this, and I am also of the opinion that from a programmer's / software engineering perspective, segwit 2x does not make sense, essentially boiling down to what you said. It's a politically oriented maneuver, and not technically oriented as they would like people to believe (I'll attempt to justify this position at some point, it's probably controversial). Although, that's not to say that the core side is not political... there's also some seemingly childish behavior on their end. It's really hard to get good information on this that is purely technical and not just mudslinging. Anyway, thanks for sharing!