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by nnq 4421 days ago
Population dynamics have nothing to do with the dynamics of memes. People are just vehicles for knowledge and ideas. Just because they receive some knowledge and ideas soon after birth, it doesn't mean they have to keep them. Just like they don't have to keep their religion or their "default" sexual orientation.

The people that will control what ideas win will be the ones controlling the media, social networks and communication channels. It doesn't matter if they are just 0.1% of the general population, their ideas will mater more than the ones of the 99.9%. And considering the kinds of ideas that float in the minds of some people, like the "the war against the West will not be won on a battlefield but in the wombs of our mothers" aberration (why do people even think of "war", there is no war, just a peaceful competition among ideas that float from one mind to another, there simply is nothing to fight for, ain't this obvious to all?!), I prefer this situation!