Marxist memes for TikTok teens

[MichaelSoE]

KISS an acronym used frequently in the recovery communities. "Keep It Simple, Stupid"

At this moment, many young people are searching online for a political identity. My sense is that the average viewer age for a lot of online political content is far younger than most platforms assume. During four years of deep immersion in these spaces I have rarely met a political meme account operator over the age of 25. Most seem to be around 17. Today’s online polarization is magnified by impressionable teenagers trying out new and transgressive political identities. They often signal-boost content that they themselves may not fully understand. Their lack of historical knowledge makes them susceptible to disinformation. Their inclination toward youth rebellion makes them predisposed to anti-establishment narratives.

The op-ed piece is fascinating
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/12/marxist-memes-tiktok-teens-radical-left

Reading the piece I was amazed at how young they are being targeted, bombarded, strafed with indoctrination. They will soon do it to preschoolers much in the way the poured billions into kiddie advertising during my Saturday morning cartoon binges.

I have noticed over the years how the DU has transformed and adapted to the new tech and sources. We have always been as tribal as the others and our opinions and views were more often than not, our own or from a trusted source. Now it is retweets, links to youtoob
and memes. (Not that it's all bad ... often the kitty videos are super)

It has made it so simple to just say, "They're saying what I think and feel so I'll link it, give it a click bait title and hit enter."
And into the funnel it goes.

Young viewers begin by consuming relatively tame content and then wade into more radical territory. They may start watching a conservative comedy show, then platform algorithms steer them to political pundits and eventually into more extreme figures on the conspiratorial and ideological fringe. Today this process is popularly described as “the funnel”, a metaphor illustrating the wide and informal network of diffuse messaging and recruitment over time and across channels. One of the paradoxes of social media is that platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube are supposed to connect us with the larger world, but in practice funnel us into more and more narrow and similarly-minded spaces.

I have drank too much coffee, my brain hurts too much to write any more. Should have posted a meme. An emoji will have to do

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Here's your meme