From the very first google result
Contrary to what one might expect, there are no hieroglyphic texts, treasures, or mummies in any of pyramids of Giza. Decoration inside pyramids began several centuries after those of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure were constructed
I don’t know what you mean by “a regular basis” but here is a recent attempt to explain maltese megaliths with aliens https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27133303/
“A cutting-edge scientific analysis” theories about stone henge being built by aliens go back at least 100 years.
The colloseum was built in a time and place with written records. The pyramids were not. Same for any other massive structures that get the “aliens built it” treatment. Even Mayan architecture, which comes from a time and place with written records, only got this treatment because Mayan hieroglyphs were unintelligble to most folks, including the people in the region itself.
with megaliths that have been explained by aliens. As an aside, there are simply far fewer impressive prehistoric structures in Europe compared to the the Near East, India and other placed closer to the center of the agricultural revolution which rpedate written records. Those that do exist have all been explained by aliens at one point or another.
People have said the same things about stonehenge
Not a drag queen
The Greeks weren’t gay, they just hated women.
This is how I feel about cars, except for the “cars are great” part.
You’re right that that is not at all what I mean by context. I mean the kind of context that can make what appears to be a simple question much more complex.
I would say this thread supports my position more than yours, in that the only engaging discussion happening here is a result of attacking memes as propaganda. The actual content of the meme （socialism and memes are both about sharing) has been almost entirely ignored, probably because it is so shallow and meaningless (as are all memes) that there really isn’t much to say about it.
I would say that political discourse has become shorter, more emotional, and less informed and complex, and this very visible in the use of memes rather than arguments in modern politics. As a theory heavy person I would have thought you would agree that this is contributing to worsening conditions all around.
Excellent, the US is also one party. I don’t disagree. Now have you noticed that things are actually getting worse there now that all discourse is in meme format?
Rebuttals to memes lacking context and being appeals to emotion? That’s all I actually said. You folks haven’t talked about anything except the impurity of the sources of my terminology.
Ok, if you really want to ignore my point about memes and how they reflect poorly on those who use them for political messaging, we can talk about words.
Stating that a word was inventing by a rich person doesn’t make it invalid, stating that the CIA promoted an idea also doesn’t make it invalid. Nevertheless, if totalitarian isn’t a word we are allowed to use in you doubleplusgood circles, how about you give me a word that describes a country with a single party, ruling in perpetuity? I would say memes are useful for [insert your word here] propaganda
Memes are short, contextless appeals to emotion and thus the perfect format for propaganda
Does this satisfy the theory pedant in you? Do you have anything to say about the actual point being made?
Lol, ok buddy.
IE: Memes are short, contextless appeals to emotion and thus the perfect format for totalitarian propaganda
I mean, you didn’t read the post did you?
This won’t change any minds in Texas because the anti abortion position is that every aborted baby should already be added to the infant mortality rate. Thus, from their perspective, the mortality rate has either not changed or decreased.