> Guido wrested himself by accepting the stupid := operator against the huge opposition.

Yes, that's the attitude I was talking about.

See, when you are a maintainer of a popular language with a community at some point the bickering becomes the job. And when you are a creative person managing a horde of egos who all participate to put their stamp on something the only reasonable thing to do is to leave them to their own devices, which he did. I really don't blame him. Guido is one of the nicest people and to see how the Python community did not have a single second's consideration for how their incessant infighting must have made him feel is one of the worst stories of the FOSS movement.

Guido was celebrated because he had taste.

If you don't want bickering create a closed project, make it open but don't accept contributions, etc.

You can't have it both ways "I want a big diverse community, but they should all agree with me"