[Pfhreak]

> The problem started a decade or so ago with Node.

What problem, specifically? People enjoy writing Javascript. It has a ton of fantastic resources online, it is easy to debug and deploy, it's quick to pick up and forgiving of mistakes.

> Too many people only learn JavaScript, become psychologically dependent on it

You sound like Immortan Joe warning people not to become dependent on water in Mad Max. Let people enjoy the language they enjoy developing in.

> they all collectively took it too far outside of a browser.

What does this even mean? What's "too far" even mean? People want to write code, let them?