I don't resent systemd for existing, but I don't want to be forced to accept Lennart's shitty design decisions and it's clear he wants me to be since he successfully agitated for other critical components to hard depend on it. I want the option of opting out, which Lennart would deny me if he could.

At the end of the day, I just run Void (or MX Linux if I want something more Debian-flavored) and get on with my life.