> Doing any kind of style discussion in a code review means you’ve already failed

This sort of baseless assertion has no bearing in reality. In a project that hasn't adopted any linting tools and automatic style checks, all it takes is a misconfigured editor to post a change request that fails to comply with style guides. These sorts of absolutes show a complete detachment from reality and absence of any practical experience in the field.

> These sorts of absolutes show a complete detachment from reality and absence of any practical experience in the field.

But you are making these baseless assertions yourself?

Obviously you can have issues if you are not using automated linting (both in the editor and on CI). That’s part of the failure.