I don't think our ideas are mutually exclusive — what you're describing is the notion of abstraction as it is applied to writing code. FP gives programmers incredible power with regards to reusing code (macros, first class functions, etc) at the expense of taking a little longer (in some cases) to wrap one's head around.

I was merely commenting that I think part of the reason people have been drawn to FP lately is that the industry as a whole has matured to a point in which more people recognize the need for and have developed the skills necessary to embrace such abstractions.