Message from @Dr.Wol
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Both of those examples are things that happened exactly once to start their respective great wars
come to think of it.. both world wars were started because of stupid austrians...
to be fair
If Merkel succeeds, Germany might declare WW3 to bring its message of "tolerance and love" to the rest of the world?
she can't
To presume that WW3 will be started in Germany is missing the point.
the german laws do not allow to start a war
true
Ali-Jamal Achmed the first Syrian Chancellor of germany will
A third Great War could come from any potential hotbed.
I maintain next world war is going to be fought with Memes
germany even had to bend its laws to help the nato
We've got a political line between the 'West' and Russia/China/Iran/Syria.
You've got instability in Asia with North Korea, and unclear relations between them and China.
You've got the middle east in General, very well funded if they chose to.
the middle east is gonna go Venezuela once their oil runs out
my guess is that it will come from a country you are not thinking of
the point of a gun is to force your way into land or resources
you needed weapons to kill those who stood in your way and force others to obey
his lord and Tim walks amongst us
we dont need to do that anymore
now we can use memes to control the minds of populations
if a certain political meme goes viral it will erode peoples opinions
so... 4chan wins WW3?
meme warfare is not a joke
4Chan will cause WW3 with Memes
I see your point. That's kind of the point, the culture war is the next great war.
4chan is the manhattan project of WW3
I mean lets face it
Pepe affecting the American election as it did was just insanity
That broke the "post-parody" in my eyes
See, the dangers I see are that people are trying to push ideologies that require 100% global participation for them to work.
clinton saying it was racist
trump and fam using it
insane
pepe is not even that funny...
It's the reaction that gives it power.
If the world saw a hitler pepe meme and didn't react at all to it... I mean, addages about quiet forests come to mind.
4chan does have its way to get reactions, for sure
WIth Tim's perspective there, I think 'Offense' itself is the new battleground, in a sense.
The retooling of words to give them a heightened power to offend, or for some words and concepts, to make them seem more appealing. The fight against Hate Speech, the push for compelled speech left and right...
Pepe is the ultimate Streisand Effect
Even today, even with all of the big Silicon Valley companies trying to control the narrative
Once it's on the internet, it's free to take on a life of it's own