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Blacklisting and excommunication are exactly what is happening today, but the difference is that it's much worse in a global world. In 200 BC, if you were exco
by toomim 6y ago
Blacklisting and excommunication are exactly what is happening today, but the difference is that it's much worse in a global world.
In 200 BC, if you were excommunicated from a tribe, it would be horrible, but you could walk 20 miles and join another tribe that hasn't heard or bought into the ostracization.
In 2021 AD, if you are excommunicated from an industry on the internet, there's nowhere else you can physically go. The entire intellectual globe is connected online. Excommunication is now worse than it used to be -- it's global.
- tstrimple 6y ago> In 2021 AD, if you are excommunicated from an industry on the internet, there's nowhere else you can physically go. The entire intellectual globe is connected online. Excommunication is now worse than it used to be -- it's global. When has this ever happened? There's lots of claims that people have been cancelled and can never work in their field again, but actual examples never seem to materialize.
- icelancer 6y agoTry being falsely accused of sexual assault (or similar), forced into a plea bargain due to trumped up charges (or hell, beat the charge and still be considered guilty because "believe women"), and having your name plastered all over the Internet - and then getting a job in anything remotely public-facing. I know two people personally who had their lives ruined as a result of the amplification effect of the Internet. The companies don't have to believe you did anything wrong. They just have to fear that the mob might believe it and hurt their bottom line.