He Must have been drunk.

Seriously, the initial post when it used the term obsession brought me to dismiss the inquiry of much seriousness.
With that out of the way, if one became aware of serious road cycling in the later 80's or beyond the respect Campagnolo achieved over the decades prior probably appears vacant.

It is too bad Suntour missed their chance to stay relevant. Competing can be done, SRAM started way late and has become a contender, thankfully.
I like what they have done, even though I do not like the shift action they came up with to dodge the prior patents. The one piece cog set is a machining tour de force. Shimano almost achieved "world domination", almost.

Most of my bikes are Campagnolo equipped. I grew up in the period where Campagnolo was the choice of the serious racer. As a bike shop mechanic it was a pleasure to work on, even more so if you had access to a Campagnolo tool kit. Perhaps the bike boom of the early 70's was good and bad for the Big C. They had to spend much effort to just keep pumping out product, if things had been of a more normal pace perhaps Tullio would have spent more time being creative.