Actually you are right, i do have a bias against powerlifting, mainly because i see through their agenda. You people loterally shame others into doing conventional deadlifts and squats and say anyone that doesn't join your little dink measuring competition is a weak non lifter. My friend and I have fell victims to this as well. I could never conventional deadlift properly, due to leverages and he couldn't squat properly and those exercises were just back breaking for us. I was lucky enough to leave early but he lifted for years after that, thinking "ill get aesthetic soon"
At the end-he never did while i started looking really good. But recently he realized he has been fooled so he took them out if his training and started training without this awful powerlifting approach and he started changing in a matter of days. By now he looks like he actually lifts and isn't constantly breaking his back trying to squat.
But anyway our goals didn't involve being strong powerlifters, which is why we should've never been doing them to begin with. If those are your goals that's cool but dont try to shame guys who just wanna look good saying "you're a pussy lol squat"