meme plague
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| :meme plague: /n./ The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, esp. one that parasitizes the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guys religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that joiner ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations. | |
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