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> Ideas like "let's get Donald Trump elected for the lulz" have real-world effects. Do you have statistics to back that claim?
by 2_listerine_pls 9y ago
> Ideas like "let's get Donald Trump elected for the lulz" have real-world effects.
Do you have statistics to back that claim?
- pyre 9y agoI'm not making a claim either way on the idea that Donald Trump was "meme'd into office" as has been claimed elsewhere. My statement is that attempting to get someone elected president just because it would be "funny" to see that person as President has real-world consequences. At some point these things go beyond being "just a prank" regardless of how effective they are at actually accomplishing their goal. Were they to actually accomplish their goal, it would have real-world consequences beyond just providing more fuel for their image board meme battles.