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Weekly Newsletter from Christian Vegetarian Association CVA - May 18, 2021
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1. Problems with Cancel Culture – Tribalism
Previously, I discussed how cancel culture, while superficially
resembling the scapegoating process, differs from scapegoating in that there
does not appear to be any associated communal unification. Instead, it
breeds dualistic tribalism, in which people are forced to choose sides. This
is particularly dangerous if humanity is to meet the growing threats to
human civilization.
A crucial component of cancel culture is that the slightest infraction,
whether genuinely hurtful or not and whether intentional or not, can result
in job loss and/or social ostracism. One is forced to choose between two
sides, openly rejecting one side and violating that side’s taboos while
being extremely careful not to reject the taboos of one’s own chosen side.
Articulating the merits of both sides, however reasonable or fact-based
one’s points might be, results in rejection by both sides.
The growth in human population and well-being has been possible through the
fruits of human civilization, including medicine, engineering, other
sciences. These same powerful technologies also threaten human civilization
through climate change, profligate wastage of essential natural resources,
the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and massive personal,
institutional, and governmental debts that imperil interconnected global
economies. Collapse of human civilization would bring much misery to
humanity as populations and standards of living declined. Preservation of
human civilization will require collective action to create a world that is
environmentally, economically, and militarily sustainable. The tribalism
that both feeds cancel culture and results from cancel culture undermines
such collective action.
Next week, I will explore how we share a common destiny with nonhumans as
well as fellow humans.
Stephen R. Kaufman, M.D.
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