I'm interested in the very religious, or even dominant cult-like nature of online cancel culture and virtue signalling. About the witch hunting nature of it, and the disturbing willingness of people to make someone an idol of hate at whuch they point the finger and spew all their fustration and rage at the world. How people who might never normally turn anyone's head, can quickly raise to the top of social hierarchies by being the judge and juror of other people's 'sins'.
I'm also interested in how creative people and how they must have operated under the suffocating hand of the state, such as in Soviet oppressed countries decades or pre-War Germany, and where your workplace might have expected or demanded you to have certain political opinions.
Does anyone have an book recommendations on the matter? I'm not currently a writer, but in the far future I might write a piece and try to publish it somewhere.
When I look at the way people behave online, I just think nothing much has changed has it? I can see a scene in my head of church goers in the 19th or 18th century, socialising outside the church door after a Sunday service. Mrs Sandersford claims that she and her husband gave a substantial amount to the poor house recently. Mr Rudderford congratulates her for their good deed whilst lowering his tone to talking about the disgusting sinners he encountered earlier on that week. Another woman leans in and lowers her tone and says that there might be devil worshipers, witches or sinners amongst them and the MUST be outed. Apparently one of the washerwomen from Garesby House might be an indecent sinner as well and she very much intends on informing her employers about it!!