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I don't think LISPers are scratching their head about this. Lisp syntax is optimized towards meta-programming. Generating and processing code is built-in and supported with central mechanisms: READ, EVAL, PRINT, s-expressions, macros, ...

Python is optimized towards simple pseudo-code like imperative OOP. That's easier for most programmers.

What world are you living in where popularity is somehow a way of judging quality? The masses love marvel movies and fast food

Python is popular because the majority of programs are extremely simple.

Look at how ugly decorators are in python when in lisp you get them for free and they don't even need a name.