Meanwhile others would have you believe that dividend investing was invented around 2008.

I  started investing in dividend stocks when t bills were still paying over 10%.  The performed just fine.  Sure my portfolio contained more fixed income, why not?  If rates increase to those levels again I will make adjustments again.

But in 30 years of investing I have never regretted the  returns from my dividend stocks.  The  long term returns speak for themselves.