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memes are inherently leftist, as they are meant to be shared. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)

There is a quote by famous theorist of World Systems Theory Samir Amin on this term:

The concept of totalitarianism is itself a false concept, invented in the contemporary era for the purpose of confining social analysis and critique within the horizon of so-called liberal, democratic, and insurmountable (the “end of history”) capitalism.

stop being a shitlib and educate yourself about the meaning of words before using them. comrade davel gave you some wonderful resources and you are dismissing them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Ok, if you really want to ignore my point about memes and how they reflect poorly on those who use them for political messaging, we can talk about words.

Stating that a word was inventing by a rich person doesn't make it invalid, stating that the CIA promoted an idea also doesn't make it invalid. Nevertheless, if totalitarian isn't a word we are allowed to use in you doubleplusgood circles, how about you give me a word that describes a country with a single party, ruling in perpetuity? I would say memes are useful for [insert your word here] propaganda

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

your question was stupid and essentially just buzzwords. rebuttals to absolutely everything you said can be found in comrade davels resources. also im not sure wether you want to reference orwell, considering that he was a snitch, a cop and a rapist (and his books are bad.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Rebuttals to memes lacking context and being appeals to emotion? That's all I actually said. You folks haven't talked about anything except the impurity of the sources of my terminology.

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