Two new films, the Obama-produced 'Leave the World Behind' on Netflix and Alex Garland's 'Civil War,' have been wrapped up in the right's latest conspiracy.
Memes and jokes have been used to disguise cultural movements, not just once, but always.
“Just joking” about wanting to kill you, before actually killing you, is not a new idea. There were always people who thought it was “just a joke”, then the killing started.
If you are using those jokes and memes, you are helping those movements.
There’s literally a whole right-wing movement who picked their name because it rhymes with “Civil War Two.”
But sure, calling attention to the very thing the right has been very loudly advocating for since at least 2008 is “predictive programming.”
Lmao. It’s a meme. Not a “movement”. Those out of the know he is referring to “civil war 2, electric boogaloo”
Memes and jokes have been used to disguise cultural movements, not just once, but always.
“Just joking” about wanting to kill you, before actually killing you, is not a new idea. There were always people who thought it was “just a joke”, then the killing started.
If you are using those jokes and memes, you are helping those movements.
Yep! The_donald was one big meme fest in the beginning.
There’s a whole political science research on it.
Starts as a joke. Some who don’t get the joke join and get so loud, they push the jokesters away. Continues to grow and spiral.
Other examples: Earth is flat.
I’m waiting for birds aren’t real to be replaced with actual looneytunes that believe 100% in it.
I’ve been in this so called right wing movement. It’s a bunch of larpers memeing.