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Part of this has to be that catchphrases are more viral and are an effective way to signal allegiance to a group verbally due to their brevity. It's everything

Part of this has to be that catchphrases are more viral and are an effective way to signal allegiance to a group verbally due to their brevity. It's everything I don't like in a single package. Unthinking, unoriginal, incendiary, devoid of specific meaning, used as a tribal marker, and used to elevate the status of the speaker without having contributed anything.

lanstin 5y ago
The challenge of our time is to find a way for rationality to survive in the face of the effectiveness of slogans and simplification. You may not like it but most humans are susceptible. We are bundles of emotions longing to be a part of something larger than ourselves. This is why when I jay-walk I don’t just jay-walk I also shake my fist and yell power to the pedestrians. It’s vastly more Satisfying to my animal mind- Body.