Re: virus: UTism and Media Memetics

James Veverka (headbands@webtv.net)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:05:44 -0400 (EDT)

Psycher pondered;

.>..I wonder. The idea of a bigger THEM
>uniting us has been used time and time
>again - give everybody something big to
>work against and they'll set aside
>their differences for the time being.
>There's even been research done [I seem
>to recall from my schooldays] that
>common struggle unites people.

The recent unity behind Milosevic is a perfect example of this. Drak Vusovik (or whatever) was the opposition leader that tried to unseat Milosevics power in the last "election". NATO changed that for a while as Drak supported Milosevic like a blind rubber toy with a pull-string loaded of propaganda memes. Of course he was fired when he came to his

senses..................jim