Sounds like a great guy. I'm definitely not saying people should talk more than necessary. I generally don't talk much in meetings either unless I'm leading them or if I'm some kind of authority on the given subject like if it's a meeting about an app I am responsible for.

I'm not saying people should blabber on about anything, I'm just saying they should speak up when they have something important to say.

And if you never have anything important to say then why are you there? Either you dont know anything your colleagues don't know which makes you the least useful person on the team or you just don't care which also makes you useless.

I can sympathize with people who get jaded from working in places where nobody listens and the people in charge are morons, but if that's you then why are you still there?