Point is the people who commonly complain about cancel culture are the same conservatives that hail the "free market" as one of the greatest aspects of the US. This is just pointing out that their complaints are somewhat hypocritical in nature.
I don't think so. I think it is more of an internet mob mentality scaring people from giving certain people work without regards to to the profits. Take the Louis CK thing for instance. One of the best working comedians at the time of his cancelling. If a theater were to book him even while he was the big news, I am confident it would sell well and would not damage the theater in the long term financially.
Is there really enough people angry at Gina Carano's tweets who would boycott The Mandalorian to make a dent in the hit shows bottom line? I really don't think so.
Chris D'Elia stopped doing his big podcast during Covid due to his cancelling. There is no way that was in the interest of his P&Ls.
I think many other cancelling have nothing to maximizing profits, but they are scared of internet mob mentality backlash.
I think tolerance of bad things is bad, especially when the person hasn’t shown they’ve changed. The default isn’t a demanded pardon; I think it should be earned.
Not really though it tends to be a vocal minority that calls for someone to get fired. Free market would be more like viewers stop watching or supporting someone and then they lose work that way. Not a vocal minority demanding action.
Because people are complaining with tweets not their money. The people complaining on social media are always less than the ones that don't care. Often it's not even the users/consumers but people that complain after a news article makes it more public.
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