Even without Internet, greek agoras had their deal of mobs, tyrannids and groupthink. Logic is only one of the many weapon of rethoric, but it is an useful weapon (it struck me to notice that even 4chan/​pol now has a table of logical fallacies in evidence at the top of the board).
Yes, if we have to be optimistic in the long run cancel culture could help society by developing anticorps.
Even without Internet, greek agoras had their deal of mobs, tyrannids and groupthink. Logic is only one of the many weapon of rethoric, but it is an useful weapon (it struck me to notice that even 4chan/​pol now has a table of logical fallacies in evidence at the top of the board).
Yes, if we have to be optimistic in the long run cancel culture could help society by developing anticorps.