Bitcoin is for people, but not about people. For bitcoin, code is infinitely more important than people. That is what it is made of. Rules encoded in code. Nobody can explain you in a simple way the interactions of computers and networks, and the intricacies of maintaining those systems in a sane state. Run knots if you want. But my honest opinion is, if you really think it's easy for you to see the intentions of anybody, you are fooling yourself. Some of those coders are just fucking weirdos, and I get it, they don't pass your vibe check. But that's just your problem, not necessarily theirs.