They get the direction of agency completely wrong. Capitalism /responds to/ so called cancel culture of all sorts which by accident or design excludes ostracism

They get the direction of agency completely wrong. Capitalism /responds to/ so called cancel culture of all sorts which by accident or design excludes ostracism well before it was coined. Be openly gay, socialist, and/or in an interracial relationship in the the US in the 1950s - compile a very short list of places you aren't canceled from. The framework doesn't exist in a vacuum and blaming it for its host context's dysfunction would be incorrect even if it excaberrates them in some way. Because it isn't the origin. Capitalism driving cancel culture would be if it was possible to invest money in ostracizing someone and reaping financial benefits if it suceeds or ostracism being preferred because it is cheaper than a police force.