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So, satire is a vaccine?

• Jtsummers 12y ago
  If we consider memes, satire and parody could be ways to prevent certain ideas from being able to take hold in a person's mind. Once you realize the absurdity of a particular viewpoint (taken to its logical extreme), it's harder to be convinced of even more moderate takes on that idea/philosophy/whatever. Consider people who grew up or lived under authoritarian regimes now living in countries like the US or UK. Seeing the current surveillance trends (well, not current it's been going on for a while), they may be less likely to consider what's happening as a positive. While those who grew up in the US or UK may have a harder time recognizing the negatives because they lack the relevant experience (and, hell, given how little of history my younger coworkers seem to know they won't even have the benefit of second-hand experience).
  • ajuc 12y ago
    I agree and I think the anti-ACTA protests (biggest in post-soviet countries) shows exactly this. Few people in UK protested ACTA. In Poland it was the biggest protest in last decade.