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We are much more dependent on instant gratification, instant responses, sometimes even before we know all the facts.
And that was my point. Society has always had ways to punish those it sees as transgressors, so what we're doing now isn't that different from what the Greeks started doing more than 2000 years ago.
But this is part of a bigger issue, one that has ramifications in many aspects of our society.
Simply put, this cancel culture is a symptom of a larger problem.
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Sure but as per my last comment, Cancel Culture (that is, boycotting frivilously) seems to have happened quite a bit later after the instant gratification had already been a thing for decades.
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It was already here. I'm constantly reminded of that woman that made a stupid joke before boarding a 12 hour flight to find she'd been fired when she landed.
What probably changed is what I mentioned in the other reply.
We are so divided nowadays that this has almost become a type of warfare.
I cancel the actor you like, you cancel the actor I like. I cancel the beer you love, I cancel the beer you love, and so on and so forth.
@7fccbd65 It was already here. I’m constantly reminded of that woman that made a stupid joke before boarding a 12 hour flight to find she’d been fired when she landed.
Cant say I agree… People have been boycotting since forever. But prior to the last few years it was far less frivolous than it has become in recent years. What probably changed is what I mentioned in the other reply.
We are so divided nowadays that this has almost become a type of warfare.
I cancel the actor you like, you cancel the actor I like. I cancel the beer you love, I cancel the beer you love, and so on and so forth.
Here we agree, the (IMO) recent development of Cancel Culture is closely linked to what you say here.
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