Culture war roundup

Anne Applebaum decried “cancel culture” for the Atlantic.

Rod Dreher sympathised but thought Applebaum was naive about the role of the left in what’s going on.

Adam Gurri thought her piece was anecdotal and lacked substance.

Tyler Cowen has attempted to look on the bright side of “wokeism”, suggesting it is the banner of an Americanised international class, and a net good, despite being “stupid and inflexible”. (NB: sometimes hard to tell if Cowen means what he says or indirectly provokes critics to state the flaws in the arguments he offers.)

Rod Dreher didn’t like Cowen’s piece at all.