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You're moving the goalposts. Being cancelled doesn't mean you literally stop existing or can't ever get work again. But it often does mean curtailed career opportunities or losing x years of your life while people forget and lawsuits work their way through the system.

It's like saying jail isn't real because some ex-convicts have successful careers.

If you want a name: an interesting, recent example is Gina Carano because she's actually suing her former employer (Disney) for going along with a cancellation. We'll see what the court thinks her cancellation was worth.



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