Cancel culture benefits the self-employed, old and rich.

As an example, I have an uncle who owns his own body shop, but is getting ready to sell it and retire. He's been using a certain word for quite a while now. To the point that even friends think he uses it a bit much.

But he hasn't been cancelled. No one has called his boss to get him fired. And even if they did he'd just say no, since he is the boss.

Plus, when he fully transitions to retirement, it's not line getting your 401(k), IRA and Social Security have a morals clause where you have to be in good ideological standing. (Although I'm sure leftists would love this.)

Contrast this to someone who is employed at some large corporation like Walmart or Starbucks. If the fuck up and say something that even vaguely sounds like it could be bad, the company will drop them in a heartbeat.

This policy seems to disproportionately affect young people without money.