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Boycotts are typically aimed at companies, not individuals. Boycotts are conducted by people with an existing relationship with the target. Boycotts are usual
by underwater 6y ago
Boycotts are typically aimed at companies, not individuals.
Boycotts are conducted by people with an existing relationship with the target.
Boycotts are usually seeking to inflict financial damage, rather than primarily reputational.
Boycotts are addressing an issue directly, cancel culture is addressing systematic issues with selective enforcement.
Boycotts are trying to change the behaviour of their target, rather than make an example out of them or as punishment.
Boycotts are typically temporary, not permanent.
- mathgorges 6y agoI've seen a handful of people make the point on permanency, but it doesn't sit right with me. Since theres no central authority enforcing a cancel, how can it be permanent? How many times has Kanye West been "cancelled"? It seems to me everyone forgets about having cancelled him whenever he releases a new album ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And it makes sense to me, since cancels are done by disconnected individuals, a cancel ought to only last as long as the cancelling collective's attention span.