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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The way that it's so impossible to tell what's organically popular and what's just a hype campaign is honestly so maddening, it's not as blatant as what they do with political campaigns but it is still an attack on democratic pluralism in a really significant way imo

e; 'pluralism'? where tf did you even remember that from - searches -

Pluralism thus tries to encourage members of society to accommodate their differences by avoiding extremism (adhering solely to one value, or at the very least refusing to recognize others as legitimate) and engaging in good faith dialogue.

I mean, sure, but just not with genocidal people, right?

One of the more famous arguments for institutional pluralism came from [noted slavery advocate and slave owner] James Madison in The Federalist paper number 10

Maaaann, I hate politics