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Cancel culture isn't that either. Cancel culture is a rebranding of 'shunning', which I bet predates humans as we know them. I bet our social monkey predecess
by BrazzVuvuzela 5y ago
Cancel culture isn't that either. Cancel culture is a rebranding of 'shunning', which I bet predates humans as we know them. I bet our social monkey predecessors had such tactics figured out.
Read this and tell me it isn't 'cancel culture': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning#Overview
Bonus: 'shadow-banning' is stealth shunning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning#Stealth_shunning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunning#Stealth_shunning
- azangru 5y agoIt's probably a combination of the two. Letting the monkey instincts run wild while covering them with modern fanciful words :-)
- hnfong 5y agoHow about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication
- BrazzVuvuzela 5y agoAnother word for basically the same thing, yes. Excommunication is top-down directed shunning.