> There isn't a cabal of people

There are people who take "Rust evangelism" to a level that few other languages have witnessed. In the old days you could find serious arguments that not using Rust was akin to violating human rights by a series of absurd extensions. It is unusual and it is remarkable.

> A lot of these suggestions are coming from people who have significant experience with unsafe languages and are sick of having to keep dealing with them.

And my commentary is coming from experience in codebases that try to "modernize" themselves incrementally, particularly, open source code bases. I would love a 100% Rust git replacement. The idea of slowly subsuming Rust into C git feels like a distracting and misplaced effort.