I see your point but Lightning the way I see and understand it we open and close transactions on the Layer 1. On the layer 2 we can have decentralized nodes that route payments etc. I love how Nostr what we are using actually uses lightning so I think we may have the layer 2 working already it just takes time. This is my take on things 

 I was brought on to #Nostr by this.  So if it wasn't for #Nostr I would never use ⚡ so it is pretty cool.  I'm watching.  👀 

 I think lightning will scale BTC certain bugs like channels offline closing transactions and watchtower needed complexities could be ironed out. I think as people come onboard the incentives to solve lightning problems increase. Be optimistic 👌🏾 

 I'm optimist but I also see the need to be able to scale further then transactions