Additionally it was specifically picard in some seasons that held this stance

The prime directive's goal is to stop interference with players and lifeforms natural development pre-warp, its purpose is not what you state

Your comment also lacks Additional context and nuance which I beleive is intentional to frame your comment in a specific way, it's like you are looking at specifoc parts of trek that fit what you want to state with your comment comment are surgically slicing those parts out without context and nuance and adapting them for your comment