> the cost of influence has dropped an order of magnitude. This is a really interesting take. You don't need an entire organized religion in order to dissemin

> the cost of influence has dropped an order of magnitude. This is a really interesting take. You don't need an entire organized religion in order to disseminate your desired belief system anymore… you don’t even need billions of dollars. Hard to say what the cost of disseminating an ideology to a nation is now, but likely somewhere between a few bucks a whole lot of luck to tens of millions. If that bar drops low enough, there is potential for a lot more ideological competition, and things will get interesting.