It's not really about static vs. dynamic linking IMO. The point with ld is that the distribution has one central point for linking. If static linking with go, r

It's not really about static vs. dynamic linking IMO. The point with ld is that the distribution has one central point for linking. If static linking with go, rust, C, etc. would work in a similar fashion, each executable could be shipped with a "re-link" script and the distribution could again provide security patches efficiently. But when linking happens in some poorly maintained script, inside a custom build systen, written in two or more languages, running inside a docker container, executed by some year-old CI integration, patching security issues becomes impossible.