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RAND report to Pentagon suggests Memes Pose a Threat to the US Financial System (hackernoon.com)

submitted 3 months ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Image memes were never the only memes in internet lingo, and the original Dawkins term is exactly how they're using it, as the analogue for gene, but with ideas generally. That's all fine.

But that makes their core concept "people might spread ideas we don't like".

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

people might spread ideas we dont like

So how would that even be justiciable?

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Thought-crime