"The majority hold the power (minority mobs can't cancel users)"
What if the minority mob becomes the majority mob one day? Suppose 51% majority are cancel mob and 49% are others, what happens then?
What if the minority mob becomes the majority mob one day? Suppose 51% majority are cancel mob and 49% are others, what happens then?
I encounter this sentiment on hackernews all the time, and it's honestly baffling to me. Apply this logic to the fifteenth century - the vast majority wants blasphemers "cancelled", there is no Enlightenment, no Renaissance, Galileo is banned from Facebook for hate speech [against religion].
I would assume that you don't think blasphemers should be stoned, now or in any age, right? Then why do you trust the majority to make moral decisions now, but not then? Do you think that we've achieved perfect understanding of society and ethics exactly when we invented the internet?
I'm not convinced this is the case.
Anyway, I agree following the majority isn't ideal, but I don't know of a better solution.
What, really? The majority wants blasphemers stoned now, today, in some countries. Why would you think it was better then?