How Morality is Killing the Industry

How Morality is Killing the Industry

While there will be many try to say that this is not true, I would argue that the evidence would actually prove that what is stated here in this article is correct. As the title suggest this is an opinion piece about how the current 'Cancel Culture' and Social Justice Warriors through the use of 'morality' is attempting to destroy a vast amount of industries. 

Now when you think of 'morality' you would normally picture someone that is more Conservative and holds a Christian based moral compass that when able to see some of the content in modern Anime, Manga, Light Novels, Visual Novels, and video games, that they would cringe and be the ones that would seek to have them removed. However as more and more articles are published we are seeing that is just not the case at all.

More and more companies in an attempt to 'fit in' and obtain the 'back pats' from the Modern Liberal Movement, are taking more and more of these items down from their shops. As time is going by we are seeing, primarily here in the west, the continued removal of works of art in the name of "Social Justice". 

This is being seen by many in the East as an insult, which rightfully so it should be. A nation that claims to be 'Free' is lecturing a nation about 'Morality' over freedom. When Nintendo's current President and CEO was asked about Nintendo allowing Indy Developers to post games on their platform, including ones that are for 18+ players, he made it clear that the problem isn't the game or the platform but the people in the West. 

Now we are reading articles where Amazon and others are removing content from their stores, without saying why of course, but as has been indicated by several Japanese based companies that license to American sub firms to make Manga and Light Novels, the recent string of removals are most likely related to the more 'adult' content'. Even though these are being clearly labeled as such Amazon has decided to remove them anyways.

While I agree that morality plays a big role in culture, it can also be the reason a culture falls apart. In the United States we pride ourselves on the fact that we have the freedom to do what we want, see what we want, hear what we want, and say what we want and if it offends someone then they can move along. However as time has went on we are seeing more and more people no longer following that line of thinking but instead they, 'get their feelings hurt' and are quick to dismiss anything they do not like or find that doesn't adhere to their moral way of thinking. 

To that end morality is killing the industry and our nation here in the United States. We are allowing it to happen in front of us and if we are not willing to stand up now and be heard about how this is nothing short of oppression than when all outlets for us Weebs, Geeks, Nerds, and Kinksters, is gone we will only have ourselves to blame for it.

Morality should not be used to curtail freedom. Morality should benefit the free flow ideas and support the freedom of thought, media, and most of all the people.