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The most deadliest thing about Tech companies is how massive they are and going about their merry things while little ants like us get squished left and right.

by nojvek 6y ago

The most deadliest thing about Tech companies is how massive they are and going about their merry things while little ants like us get squished left and right. Also the whole cancel culture is crazy since it’s so trigger happy. In many ways it feels like a witch hunt. Someone says something, the crowd follows (without much evidence) and makes a ton of noise on social media. The companies see a hit on their brand and do whatever the mob is asking and pretend to be the good guys/girls. We really do need a society that encourages fact checking and hearing both sides of the story. Amplifying filter bubbles doesn’t end well for our society.

Threeve303 6y ago
> Also the whole cancel culture is crazy since it’s so trigger happy. I have given this a great deal of thought and I'm still torn on what to believe. On one hand, everyone wants to be judge, jury, and executioner. This means that the power the state has to determine these things is eroded. Probably as a result of the general loss of trust in institutions. On the other hand, the United States specifically has a long history of what is considered community justice. Often this happens when the institutions to provide it do not exist yet or fail in their goals. Similar to losing any kind of arbiter of truth, we are also losing truth in justice. Truth takes time, the mob is fickle, and the pitchforks are heavy.
- spiralx 6y ago
  There certainly wasn't this hysteria about cancel culture when it was solely the tool of large, well-funded conservative and religious organisations - Mothers Against Dungeons & Dragons is the example that comes to mind for me immediately from when I was younger. Now that just any old pleb can express an opinion on the actions and comments of their betters it seems that collective expressions of disapproval with the intent of exerting power is a bad thing! "Cancelling" is a boycott in the marketplace of ideas. The left and the right should find something to appeal to them there!

by nojvek 6y ago

Threeve303 6y ago

> Also the whole cancel culture is crazy since it’s so trigger happy. I have given this a great deal of thought and I'm still torn on what to believe. On one hand, everyone wants to be judge, jury, and executioner. This means that the power the state has to determine these things is eroded. Probably as a result of the general loss of trust in institutions. On the other hand, the United States specifically has a long history of what is considered community justice. Often this happens when the institutions to provide it do not exist yet or fail in their goals. Similar to losing any kind of arbiter of truth, we are also losing truth in justice. Truth takes time, the mob is fickle, and the pitchforks are heavy.

spiralx 6y ago
There certainly wasn't this hysteria about cancel culture when it was solely the tool of large, well-funded conservative and religious organisations - Mothers Against Dungeons & Dragons is the example that comes to mind for me immediately from when I was younger. Now that just any old pleb can express an opinion on the actions and comments of their betters it seems that collective expressions of disapproval with the intent of exerting power is a bad thing! "Cancelling" is a boycott in the marketplace of ideas. The left and the right should find something to appeal to them there!