> when you broadcast your realpolitik that hard, you're gonna lose people. Hacker culture may not necessarily be aligned with Eich's personal views / situation

> when you broadcast your realpolitik that hard, you're gonna lose people. Hacker culture may not necessarily be aligned with Eich's personal views / situations. But crucial underlying concept is ignoring nebulous things like that. So taking action / reforms based off the premise feels like a Chesteron's fence [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence