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I stopped reading when the author was spending pages defending the stuff he hadn't even written yet from the imaginary criticism in their head.

Future tip: make your argument. Make it well, and make it succinctly. Save "arguing with the Internet" for the comments.

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The initial sections are a bit dry, yes. I would suggest skipping to "Deference to Authority" and "2012 Pycon Code of Conduct" and "2012 Pycon: Steve Holden's One Eyed Snake".

Zed Shaw accurately predicted the cancellation excesses of 2020 up to at least 2024 using basic reasoning about group dynamics and a concrete example from 2012. The inner circle is always protected and can do whatever it likes. He was wrong about all core devs being protected. The inner circle is very much a subset.

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