## Metadata - Author: [[robert-henderson|Robert Henderson]] - Full Title:: The Atavism of Cancel Culture - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://www.city-journal.org/cancel-culture - Finished date:: [[2023-02-02]] ## Highlights > People enjoy coming together against a perpetrator. > Cancel culture allows people to identify who is loyal to their movement. Highlighting the supposed wrongdoings of others forces people to respond > Those who ask for evidence of the alleged wrongdoing, question the severity of the transgression, or debate the propriety of cancel culture risk revealing themselves as unfaithful to the cause > This is perfect for social coordination because it creates disagreement about whether the person should be exiled > You could be next” does not register for most people because it’s just a set of words. But the social rewards of status and in-group camaraderie instantly resonate