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I thought his opinion on ties (or really on the social pressure of ties) was one of the more interesting sections. BTW, he uses more text to describe his taste

• rpgmaker 13y ago
  I think the principle he talked about using the "ties" allegory was the most interesting part: "The people who wear ties under these circumstances are victim-coperpetrators: each one who cedes to this pressure and wears a tie increases the pressure on others. This is a central concept for understanding other forms of propagating nastiness, including nonfree software and Facebook. In fact, it was in regard to ties that I first recognized this phenomenon. I don't condemn victim-coperpetrators, since they are primarily victims and only secondarily perpetrators. But I believe I should not be one of them. I hope my refusal to wear a tie will make it easier for others to refuse as well." I don't really see wearing or not wearing ties as some kind of moral imperative.