‘Cancel Culture’ Is a Dangerous, Totalitarian Trend

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[–]NodeIndependent 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Perhaps the most interesting part of this plan they've been carrying out over all these decades is that it's essentially proof that the 'elites' are right about the 90-99%. You can just install new beliefs and opinions in them and they won't know the difference.

[–]bobbobbybob 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

this is the bit that has bothered me the most.

If I consider myself not a sheeple, and my disconnect with nearly everyone I meet suggest that is true, then is it necessarily bad if the elites gain their consent to sterilize/euthanize them all? If the Elites don't also come after me, it could be quite a lovely world afterwards.

So i've stopped my activism. Wait and see, explain things to chance encounters, face to face, but let the play play out.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those cancelling aren't the 90% though. They are the 10% chattering classes. They are the guys Orwell put in boiler suits as running the party admin while the majority got drunk and had a good time.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Good post, though I'd rather read:

"Counter-Corporate-Culture Is A Liberating, Independence Trend"

[–]ah2020 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. Whatever happened to just rolling your eyes at someone and calling them an arsehole?

Now people are trying to ruin lives over this.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You better be joking.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ouch. /u/theameliamay you really need to read this to understand why we all went off...