First of all, I am not suggesting, nor have I ever suggested, that the Jewish world can exist without Torah learning. What I am suggesting is that not only Hareidim learn Torah.
Speaking of deluded, where do you get the idea that Rav Zvi Hirsch Kalisher was not a Zionist? I would say that his founding of the Mizrachi movement, his collection of money for settlement activity, and his correspondence indicating his philosophy that the beginning of messianic redemption would be brought about by human effort and by the will of the governments to gather the scattered of Israel into the Holy Land. Have you ever read Drishat Tzion?
If those activities do not qualify someone as a Zionist, I don’t know what does.
You may play your game of “my Rebbe is bigger than your Rebbe” all day long. I need not accept your views, nor need you accept mine. If I personally think that Rav Soloveitchik was greater than any of his contemporaries, that is my privilege. Your mileage may vary.
The reason that certain Rabbanim are recognized across the board is that MO Judaism does not disqualify someon’e Torah learning because of his hashkafa on Zionism or the professional world. We are taught to respect Rabbanim from all streams of Shomer Mitzvot Judaism. The fact that others do not have this respect is nothing to be proud of.