Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
"Cancel culture" sounds like a dogwhistle wielded by people unwilling to own their mistakes and shitty behaviour, and it needs to burn in a pit. 
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@Jo
It is only valid if it specifically talks about how some build their social capitals by making call outs tho.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@danishcookies @Jo honestly "doing it to build social capital" is trivially true as a potential motivation. It isn't damning at all. Humans are obligate social apes. Building social capital is an instinctive survival strategy, something we all do all the time. Just like "attention-seeking," casting aspersions on this basis is a red flag for me.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@SallyStrange @Jo uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fighting the accumulation of social is intrinsic to anarchist practices. Cults of personality and states form that way. "Building social capitals is an instinctive survival strategy, something we all do all the time" is nonsense. There's a vast difference between building a strong, tightly knitted community and becoming an influencer with thousands of followers and audiences.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@SallyStrange @Jo Building mutual relations help encouraging social connections within a community. Building social capital will tend to break that connections.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@SallyStrange @Jo This is because the social capitalists will offer themselves as the solution for the mutual distrust within communities and encourage others to be influenced by them instead of self organizing within their communities. Social capitals thrive best in selfish and hateful communities.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
Although you're correct to call me on not questioning the provenance of the term "social capital," nothing in the overall tenor of your remarks leads me to believe I'm wrong to regard those who case aspersions solely on the basis of desiring it as people to be wary of.
Hot take about "Cancel culture" (specifically, the term itself)
@SallyStrange @Jo Have you literally not seen this in any leftist communities? Leftbook is one prime example. Literal social capitalists build their reputation with the assistance of hierarchical group structures. Their politics reeks of reactionaries and most of them are Tankies. They want a system where they can cash in that social capital for political power. Fuck that.
Responding to an uninvited lecture about "social capital"
@danishcookies
Have I literally not seen any leftist communities. No, I have seen leftist communities. Not leftbook, but I've seen the dynamic you're talking about. Again, still not an argument against being wary of those who disparage others on the sole basis that they seek attention or influence.
Responding to an uninvited lecture about "social capital"
@SallyStrange I already said all I could and link as many of my points to reactionary politics as possible. I don't really care if you're not convinced at this point because the painfully obvious threat of cults of personality apparently just flew over your head. I have better things to do than playing a tug of war with someone who thinks "but I still think seeking out to be an influencer isn't a problem" is somehow an argument.
