I feel like there's this weird shift in society that's causing more chaos than necessary of telling people how to speak and think - we've essentially done the b

I feel like there's this weird shift in society that's causing more chaos than necessary of telling people how to speak and think - we've essentially done the bare minimum required and patted ourselves on the back / and in turn caused extra work dealing with such trivial things. Is cancel culture still a thing? It seems ironically quite evil itself.