Observe here some common characteristics of cancel-culture behavior:
- Committed in spirit of retaliation, not restoration
- Done as a public demonstration of one’s power
- Lacks honest deliberation and due process
- Driven by fear and peer pressure rather than the proper judges of one’s conduct
- The type and magnitude of sanction is mismatched to the conduct it aims to punish
- Victims are guilty until proven innocent
The purchase of services or goods from companies such as Netflix or Amazon is a producer-consumer relationship which the consumer has the prerogative to terminate whenever he believes the transaction is not worth his while. When a consumer considers a transaction, he ought to consider not only the value of the goods and services provided to him but also the overall impact of the transaction upon society. This is why it is entirely ethical to stop purchasing services from companies like Netflix when they produce content that is harmful to your community.
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