> We are, sadly, entering a new age of conformity. Aligning yourself with what main stream society thinks is correct is now more important than anything else.

I think the opposite conclusion is true. Society is entering a world of nonconformity with a very few exceptions. The problem is those few exceptions will absolutely ruin your life.

Any other period in human history you will find drastically more conformity. Just go back a few decades. Tattoos? Facial hair? Casual clothing? Female? Person of color? Openly not heterosexual, or not married and monogamous for that matter? Not a white male landowner? Don't show up to church every Sunday?

The further back you go in time, the more and more conformity was expected for those who wanted a good job or a position of power. Today is the least conformist society has been throughout history.

With a few exceptions. And those exceptions are ill defined and irrationally punished. And unfortunately for RMS, an email in support of an associate of Epstein was one of those exceptions.