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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ironically, that is actually the decline:

Factoring in the fact that the civil rights act was passed in 1964, there was a decade (of extreme racism and misogyny) where things looked "up" to certain privileged people. But not by the 80s or 90s