Tuesday, October 31, 2017

How Memes Empower Tyrants


Memes are lot of fun--except when they take over our elections and our perceptions about dt, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and others.

Amanda Hess nails it [insert meme here] with her video essay "The Dark Art of Political Memes" in today's New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/31/arts/internetting-with-amanda-hess.html

Memes replay our candidates' most likeable moments--and most embarrassing moments--endlessly.  Amanda plays countless examples.

But she concludes, "Memes make [insert someone like dt or others] immune to criticism and less accountable to us."

Memes--a new formula for disaster.

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