Pleasing enough conclusion. Of course, localism has little to offer when the facts are on the other side of the world, or in a closed boardroom meeting: Mem

Pleasing enough conclusion. Of course, localism has little to offer when the facts are on the other side of the world, or in a closed boardroom meeting: Memetic countermeasures only further weaponize the environment. Upgraded algorithmic filtering of dangerous memes can only result in a technological arms race between memetic engineers and platform censors. As collateral damage, it adds black boxes to the space of public discourse, magnifying distrust while doing nothing to arm the human beings against memetic provocation. It is also unlikely that publicly traded companies dependent on the perception of the size and centrality of their platforms would voluntarily restrict the activity of the bots and algorithms generating such a high volume of activity. While a turnkey, technological solution to the problem of memetic attack is certainly an appealing prospect, the strengthening of local, human social relationships is the surest countermeasure to ideological warfare that depends on alienation for its survival.