Can We Get Over Cancel Culture?

“What I care about is the reality of goodness, not the perception of it - and what I see all over the place is people who care about looking good while doing evil.”

-Elon Musk

The difference between the horror of crabs in a bucket and a human tribe or group living in a gossip trap is actually that the humans are generally quite happy down there in the bucket. It’s our natural environment. Most people  like  the trap. Oh, it’s terrible for the accused, the exiled, the uncool. But the gossip trap is comfortable.