Ben Burgis on cancel culture - part 2

"On the barricades" — s02e46
#cancel_culture #pathologies_of_the_powerless #online_fights

Maria Cernat continues the discussion with Ben Burgis about his latest book: "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns. A Critique of the Contemporary Left." They explore questions related to the fact that most online cancellations occur because of issues related to sex, not to the economy.

You can go ahead and publicly say you support the economist Milton Freedman, the father of the Chicago Economic School, which was responsible for some of the most dangerous economic experiments in recent history. Maria Cernat even challenges Ben Burgis and the viewers to do so as an experiment. But if someone dares to say online, "I support Butch Angel," a famous porn star and transman, we can expect a lot of controversy, a cancellation, and online hate.