> over very abstract things.

I beg to differ. There's just isn't "easy and straightforward" path to simplicity. We thought that explaining the world with "objects" was simple and instead of using already existing language, OOP took "objects" (an easy choice) and invented a elaborate taxonomy of "patterns" to work around the limitations of objects. Just look at this mess:

- Strategy Pattern: Interface + multiple classes + dependency injection + factory maybe. Bruh, it's just a function that takes a function.

- Singleton: Private constructor + static instance + thread safety + double-checked locking. Bruh, it's a fucking value. You define it once. It doesn't change. You're done.

- Observer/Event System: Interface + listener registration + event loop + memory leak when you forget to unsubscribe. Bruh, tis a fucking function applied to a list (or stream).

- Decorator; Wrap a class in another class that implements the same interface. Bruh - it's function composition. You learned this in algebra class before you turned fourteen.

- Command: Encapsulate a method call as an object with execute(), undo(), history queue... It's a function stored in a variable. That's it. That's the pattern.

- Factory: Separate class whose entire job is to call constructors. Come on, it's just a fucking function.

- Template Method: Abstract base class with a method that calls abstract methods subclasses must override. It's a higher-order function.

- Iterator: Interface with hasNext() and next(), mutable state, ConcurrentModificationException. It's fucking map.

The Gang of Four book exists because Java made functions second-class citizens, so programmers spent 20 years building elaborate object scaffolding to simulate... functions. FP didn't solve these problems. It just never had them.

Yet somehow the industry likes to pretend that every programmer knows (or should know) OOP, while keep telling everyone how hard programming is.

Those who found the truth understand that there's a reason why Lisp just refuses to die and it's unlikely it ever will. At 70 years, it is still flourishing.