Hail, Obligatory shilling. This week I wrote an article about the BLM demonstrations, coronavirus, and the riots for the Spectator USA, and a follow-up piece for The Critic where I argued that conservatives should not take it for granted that left-wing radicalism will be good for them. I also
"For all the essays that have been superimposed onto artless cartoons by the tragic inhabitants of the Chapo subreddit, “the left can't meme” has always struck me as right-wing cope. The theory is that they have somehow dominated high culture, pop culture and the academia without being able to spread their ideas through subtle comic and artistic forms. What the hell?"
I don't think anyone is really saying that dudebro; it's just a running gag commenting on the astonishing ineptitude of a certain type of popularly-circulating "internet meme" the left has become notorious for producing incompetently. "The left can't meme" just means "haw haw, the left's internet low-culture memes are of a markedly low quality." It doesn't the left is incapable of memetics.
"For all the essays that have been superimposed onto artless cartoons by the tragic inhabitants of the Chapo subreddit, “the left can't meme” has always struck me as right-wing cope. The theory is that they have somehow dominated high culture, pop culture and the academia without being able to spread their ideas through subtle comic and artistic forms. What the hell?"
I don't think anyone is really saying that dudebro; it's just a running gag commenting on the astonishing ineptitude of a certain type of popularly-circulating "internet meme" the left has become notorious for producing incompetently. "The left can't meme" just means "haw haw, the left's internet low-culture memes are of a markedly low quality." It doesn't the left is incapable of memetics.