(def not trying to downplay the impact power/access to powerful relationships has on this but I am curious how the collective moral verdict also affects it)
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I think maybe one interpretation of “cancel culture isn’t real” is that cancel culture has become a weird simulacrum of itself?
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The Aziz Ansari situation from a couple of years ago is proof of the latter
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yes was definitely thinking of aziz ansari
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I think there's a huge difference in negative life impact between public figures (footnote at best) and random individuals (literally the only thing they'll ever known for)
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"5-10% of the US population now hates you" is an awful situation for a person who previously lived in a Dunbar world (150-300 people knew them personally), but it's just cheap heat for someone with 20%+ national name recognition.
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My take is that the ability to avoid being cancelled is a function of your resources rather than your offense. People who retain access to levers of power (including fame) recover. Marginal people do not.
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Note that guys like Sterling and Weinstein only got cancelled once they had already begun to falter.
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i think it also depends what communities are canceling you vs the ones you need for support
@ContraPoints is still canceled on Twitter but seems OK on youtube/Patreon Louis CK seems canceled in some circles but he's still making money performing -
Contrapoints's (very long) video on canceling is the best, most nuanced take I've seen on the subjecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8 …
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