Socrates is a prominent early example of "cancel culture" he was cancelled circa 400 BC for Impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens. I suppose we are fortu

Socrates is a prominent early example of "cancel culture" he was cancelled circa 400 BC for Impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens. I suppose we are fortunate that nowadays a twitter ban doesn't come with an accompanying sip of hemlock. Impiety is essentially failing to respect something considered sacred. To (mis)quote another controversial philosopher "History repeats itself, first as tragedy than as farce"