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Memetics – A Growth Industry in US Military Operations (2006) [pdf]

by lawrenceyan on 5/18/25, 1:26 AM with 34 comments

  • by aspenmayer on 5/18/25, 7:58 AM

  • by findalex on 5/18/25, 5:42 AM

    ...must function unfastened from current PsyOps doctrine which prohibits communicating any PsyOps type message or meme to US domestic audiences.

    PsyOps doctrine is an interesting way of saying "the law"... at least until NDAA 2012: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5736.

  • by ta988 on 5/18/25, 3:59 AM

    There is no antimemetics division.

  • by webdoodle on 5/18/25, 4:04 PM

    One of my last posts on Reddit before my account was suspended and all my 15 years of posts, comments and private messages were deleted without my approval, was about memetic chaining. I've reposted it on Substack for those interested:

    https://webdoodle.substack.com/p/memetic-chaining-and-the-ne...

  • by globalnode on 5/18/25, 3:36 AM

    lol, if it wasn't so dangerous I'd find this hilarious.

  • by endoblast on 5/18/25, 11:51 AM

    >Managing, employing and leveraging memetic power

    This is propaganda, or advertising, not memeing. Propaganda is used to promote specific ideologies; memes arise spontaneously to counter them. Since all ideologies/-isms are by nature wrong, memes are generally-speaking a good thing. They're on the side of reality. They use rhetoric and fiction to point to the truth, often via some form of reductio ad absurdum. By contrast mainstream propaganda uses facts selectively in order to distort the big picture, mislead or simply distract people.