Rhetoric is not quite so black and white as you seem to want to believe. The moment you mention "engineering society" huge swaths of people will stop listening

Rhetoric is not quite so black and white as you seem to want to believe. The moment you mention "engineering society" huge swaths of people will stop listening to you regardless of their inclination to agree with your fundamental argument. Most people simply do not have the patience to precisely understand any argument with the accuracy that an expert in the field feels is necessary. Note that I am not saying you have to play fast and loose with facts or fabricate anything, but simply: phrasing matters.