Who Benefits from the Politics of Resentment?

The grift economy of cancel culture

Jason Aldean’s cancellation wasn’t an accident. The country music star topped the charts this summer with his song “Try That in a Small Town. In it, he dares those who sucker-punch people on sidewalks, carjack old ladies, and spit in cops’ faces to try that in a small town. The song is a call to vigilantism — that is to say, racist violence. And the cod…