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It's weird, I feel like we're arguing over saying the same thing. Sure, I agree, but please don't say it's a meme.

Sure, it didn't take power, sure, the bourgeois were stronger, but they still managed to overthrow the forces of Louis-Phillipe. Internet wasn't invented yet, memes couldn't depose kings.



> It's weird, I feel like we're arguing over saying the same thing

Yea, I think from the looks of it there's a bit of mutual confusion over terminology being used, but we are largely aligned

> Internet wasn't invented yet, memes couldn't depose kings

I'm using the Rene Girard definition of a "meme" before it got co-opted into internet speak.




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