Sorry beforehand for the intrusive politics, but it’s kind of unavoidable for me in this case.
This is almost a textbook example of the Marxist concept of alienation. Once a brand takes over a meme, people are alienated from
the meme itself - because nobody wants to sound like an ad board
from the creative process behind the meme - because creating a new meme gets that sour taste in the mouth, as you feel that corporations might hijack it
from human nature and themselves - because memes are a form of self-expression
from each other - because memes are intrinsically social and it’s yet another social link being removed by the corporation hijacking the meme
Sorry beforehand for the intrusive politics, but it’s kind of unavoidable for me in this case.
This is almost a textbook example of the Marxist concept of alienation. Once a brand takes over a meme, people are alienated from
I swear I can find an applicable Marx excerpt for almost anything. His work has strengthened my anti-capitalist conversations a ton.