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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think I have a solution to "cancel culture" that will please everyone... Cancel Culture Income
Conservatives are never going to stop talking about "cancel culture"
We have right-wing actors who are convinced they don't get hired because of their lack of skill but because of cancel culture
And as for gay people fired from jobs for being gay? Well... we're not going to talk about that for some reason. Is it cancel culture according to conservatives though? Well.....
I have a solution that will blunt the effects of mean ol' cancel culture: Cancel Culture Income
Step 1. Get a tally of all lost income due to being cancel-cultured (?) or canceled? I dunno, but get a sum of that as well as get an estimate of all the lost potential income that one could REASONABLY expect that they would have gotten over their lifetime of earning had they not been canceled. In addition to conservatives who allege they were "canceled"; people who were fired for being gay, transgender, too "tempting", etc. will also be included in this tally.
Step 2. From this, grab a random sample, 100,000 maximum sounds good. Out of that 100,000 sample, get the money one would have gotten on an annual basis and break it down to a monthly basis. How much money would the "canceled"/discriminated-against have gotten each month?
Step 3. Since we are told cancel culture is so pervasive and so great a threat to our way of life, the only way we can blunt it's effects, is to make this a guaranteed monthly stipend if one does not make or have the month-to-month amount through other means; income, savings, investments, etc. This way anyone who could potentially become "canceled" is now protected against deleterious effects it may have.
It's getting desperate out there, you know it's bad when they plead with Gen X to rise up and put a stop to it. If you are afraid of cancel culture, there is a way to stop it, it's with a:
Guaranteed Minimum... In case of and/or to stop financial damage from cancel culture... Income
I expect those terrified of cancel culture to immediately get behind this.
J_William_Ryan
(1,757 posts)arent terrified of cancel culture they know its a myth; hell, they created it.
The fact is that no one has lost income, or ended up on welfare, or has otherwise become homeless the consequence of their bad acts or speech.
Indeed, those who have been criticized for their hate speech or racist opinions continue to flourish regardless the criticism.
Tree Lady
(11,498 posts)Responses Gen xer's have said very funny, like how boomers tried to cancel Dungeon and Dragons, rap and a ton of other stuff.