Nice post mike.
Wether one loves or hates shortstacks, your reasoning is quite good.
(I don't completely agree that 40BB makes it a 2 street only game, but whatever.)

Are you playing the game primarily for the money though? Or for entertainmant, the challenge, or something else?

I tried shortstacking for one session yesterday and I got very bored. I'm playing the game primarily for it's challenge. It's much more a form of sport for me than it is a game of gambling.
(I actually don't like gambling at all, maybe some blackjack, but I also approach that with pure math.)

I even think if you're playing for money alone, a lot of players would be better off taking another job or something, it'll probably make them more money.

As you already pointed out, with a shortstack you'll never be able to have a big edge on your opponents and profit fully from it. You say you don't really care about that because you don't want to study the game enough to accomplish it. Fair enough.
Though IMO if you're able to find out and play an almost ideal shortstack strategy, you'll know enough fundamentals to be a winning 'normal' stack player as well, at least until the lower small stakes.
If not, than your shortstack strategy probably isn't close to optimal either and you'll make less and less money while moving up, probably to a point where you'll lose money.

I see it like this; it's relatively easy to find a good shortstack strategy, but it's also relatively easy to counter it. Good players likely know how to.

But nevertheless you have a some good points. And as long as enough people make enough mistakes against shortstacks, there really isn't a viable reason not to do it if it pleases you.