Episode 8: Cancel Culture & Voluntary Association (Part 1)

Main idea: The difference between Cancel Culture and Voluntary Association

• Who we are
  • I’m Kasie, I’m in Columbia and my daughter is 12
  • I’m Jessica. I live in the Upstate of South Carolina, and I have two boys, 6th and 6rd grade. 
• The purpose and scope of the episode- 
  • A timely discussion about how cancel culture and voluntary association differ, and how cancel culture is detrimental to our society

• LINK to the audio-only of this episode
• Today’s topic is pretty popular. We’ll try to stick to the libertarian take.
  • Explanation of how the two are different:
    • What is cancel culture vs. what is voluntary association?
  • Examples of cancel culture
    • Looking for old social media posts to spark outrage, then using it to damage someone’s life and livelihood.
    • How is this detrimental to our society?
      • Entitlement-driven malice
  • Examples of voluntary association
    • Thom Brennaman fired after slur on hot mic. Employers can terminate employees for public actions that are detrimental to the company’s image and/or success 
  • How is this vital in a free market?
  • You can have a belief that is different than others and still be respectful and kind
    • Dichotomies in our party 
• Coming up on the next episode: 
  • Part 2 — we bring Alex and Melissa in on this conversation about cancel culture.
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• Thanks and goodbye

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