Cancel culture doesn't exist and is also 100% just
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I'm not really that brave, I just don't think most people could hurt me even if they wanted to, they can't even figure out wtf they're looking at
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For a society to keep the lights on, people need to be able to lead legible lives without an anvil over their heads. I don't really care if you call it All-Knowing Glorious Pro-Social Anvil, I know a fucking anvil when I see one
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Society also needs to have norms and consequences.
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Certainly, "the anvil" is too far, but without a prosocial drive, what even is society?
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"Pro-social" is the justification used by people who've never met you and will not hesitate to call your boss, partner, parents or children in order to feel the glow of self-righteousness at your destruction. My tongue is packed well into the cheek with my use of "pro-social."
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The reality is that the anvil and any reasonable ideas about pro-social behavior lie at opposite ends of the critical axis. The idea that there is a subtle line between them is the result of modern cultural sociopathty.
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So any behavior or position is acceptable in discourse as long as we keep talking? I suppose the knife of infinite social reach cuts all ways. What would a legible life look like in a world of social media?
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