Java was not an attempt to get mainstream programmers to LISP or Smalltalk, it was to get them halfway there from C++. It was just to make application software a little nicer and less manual memory management.

I also dont think we should blame Java the language for the OOP insanity that also infect C++, Delphi, etc. it was an industry wide insanity that thought they could replace pesky programmers with a single god architect.