Saw this on reddit and I thought it was pretty accurate, tell me what you think!
"It is fairly well known that in American politics, and especially on the right side of the aisle, the idea of Voting with your Dollar is pretty pervasive. It is viewed as the reason that Democracy and Capitalism work so well together, as being able to vote with your dollar is seen as the best way to democratize the economy in line with a democratic government. Cancel Culture, on the other hand, is pretty universally hated in what it has become, with people being fired for minor slights or misspeaking. Sometimes people even are punished for the actions of other people.
Voting with your dollar is fundamentally about refusing to spend money with a company, or choosing to spend money at their competitor (the classic push and pull). This includes refusing to spend money at a company for moral reasons, such as the company donating to things you disagree with, or the company hiring someone you find morally repugnant. Companies are driven purely by profits nowadays, and will undergo pretty extreme measures to make more profit, often at the expense of their employees. Thus, when enough people start using their dollars to vote against a company, often times for someone on their staff making socially unacceptable comments, the logical step for the company is fire the employee to get those voting dollars back.
CMV: For those that believe in Voting with your Dollar as a widespread policy, it is entirely hypocritical of them to say that Cancel Culture is a problem without addressing the root of that problem (capitalism). It is merely the people & the economy exercising the policies they support, just in a way they don't like."