Node also has madness that Python does not, like support for circular dependencies. I would definitely not point to Node as a positive example like Cargo.
Cargo is the golden standard, but reaching that level is going to take 10 years at least. I'm not kidding, this is what will be needed to solve all the road blocks.
The first thing we need is a whole ne way of installing python, because half of the problems stems from that. That's just a huge endeavor.