The Bains Agenda

Right-wing politicians and pundits love to decry “cancel culture,” portraying themselves as heroic underdogs battling a world supposedly dominated by the left and liberal elites.

Donald Trump has pushed this narrative so forcefully that it culminated in a violent insurrection on January 6. In the UK, Nigel Farage plays a similar game — painting himself as an anti-establishment figure while cozying up to the very powers that be.

What a cruel irony. Right wing billionaires such as Rupert Murdoch and Sir Paul Marshall literally own the British mainstream media.

In the digital realm, social media giants like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, both with clear right-wing sympathies control the platforms where public discourse now happens.

Social media companies have abetted the rise of Russian bots on social media to stoke racism on behalf of Reform UK.

So how can the political right continue to sell itself as a persecuted minority? It’s absurd.

Now, let’s be honest: some progressives have gone too far. I’ve experienced it myself — being “cancelled” by people who claim to share my values because I said something slightly off-script. There is a culture of unforgiving purity on some parts of the left, and it can be exhausting.

But that’s not the real cancel culture.

The more alarming cancellations are structural and they come from the top. Meta has censored pro-Palestinian content across Instagram and Facebook, quietly erasing voices that challenge the status quo. That matters far more than a few overzealous activists calling someone names on social media.

So let’s take stock: the right controls the mainstream press, the biggest social platforms, global tech infrastructure, and in the U.S., even the presidency. And yet they still claim victimhood?

Give me a break.

If anyone’s the snowflake here, it’s not the teenage leftist making TikToks, it’s the billionaire crying foul from his media empire throne.