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Uncle Joe

(58,459 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:24 PM Feb 2020

Bernie Sanders is winning the 2020 meme race, but can internet fandom get him elected?



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The video itself is unremarkable, especially compared to the thousands of similar pleas filmed by every presidential contender. But the Sanders clip, and specifically "I am once again asking for," has become a hugely viral meme.

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Memes are by definition a laughing matter, but the value in being a meme-able candidate shouldn't be underestimated. There's a reason Mike Bloomberg worked with Jerry Media to launch a meme page campaign, spending a significant amount of time (and money, although Bloomberg's campaign spending is limitless) to devise a meme strategy with top humor influencers on Instagram, as revealed by The New York Times.

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The Vermont senator has the largest Democratic base on Reddit, with his two biggest subreddits "r/SandersForPresident" and "r/Our President" totaling more than 564,000 subscribers. The former has more than 442,000 subscribers alone. In comparison, most other Democratic candidates lurk below 50,000, with fellow New Hampshire and Iowa frontrunner Pete Buttigieg's subreddit clocking in 33,000 subscribers.

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"I think that many of the most active people on the internet, both right and left, are searching for something they have never had, their champion," he said. "Both Trump and Bernie are hated by the establishment, though they are on different sides of the equation, they really are very similar anti-heroes. They are both very popular among meme makers because they are a symbol of what we think has been missing."


https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-democratic-frontrunner-memes-meme-economy-once-again-asking-2020-2

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Bernie Sanders is winning the 2020 meme race, but can internet fandom get him elected? (Original Post) Uncle Joe Feb 2020 OP
This looks like the Russian bot stuff luxpara4 Feb 2020 #1
So hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet are now Russian bots? Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #2
You know as well as I do That we have the intelligence that they are out there. luxpara4 Feb 2020 #3
What precisely about Bernie's support in this OP makes you think of Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #5
I think it's obvious luxpara4 Feb 2020 #7
So your opinion is based on "pragmatic" ideology? n/t Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #9
You can probably Google as well as I can luxpara4 Feb 2020 #12
So if these hundreds of thousands of people are real Moderateguy Feb 2020 #6
Bernie is in the process of doing that now Uncle Joe Feb 2020 #8
Winning 25% of the vote isn't going to cut it Moderateguy Feb 2020 #10
Have you ever seen 4 Chan Troll a whole movement luxpara4 Feb 2020 #11
We shouldn't underestimate the power of the internet dustyscamp Feb 2020 #4
 

luxpara4

(41 posts)
1. This looks like the Russian bot stuff
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:28 PM
Feb 2020

We were warned about happening with their election meddling…

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Uncle Joe

(58,459 posts)
2. So hundreds of thousands of people on the Internet are now Russian bots?
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:39 PM
Feb 2020

Your post reminds me of early 1950s paranoia.

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luxpara4

(41 posts)
3. You know as well as I do That we have the intelligence that they are out there.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:40 PM
Feb 2020

That we have the intelligence that they are out there. It doesn’t even have to be that many, we’re obviously eager to help them.

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Uncle Joe

(58,459 posts)
5. What precisely about Bernie's support in this OP makes you think of
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:42 PM
Feb 2020

Russian bots?

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luxpara4

(41 posts)
7. I think it's obvious
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:45 PM
Feb 2020

I think it’s obvious

Trump could easily beat him. Everyone knows it. The only people that seem to be in denial are his followers. I am disgusted by the solipsism of people that think that they have to have 100% of what they want in a candidate or it’s not worth it. Those people Will all be shaking their heads the day after the general election in surprise that Trump won. And like Susan Sarandon, they’ll probably say that it was for the best anyway.

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Uncle Joe

(58,459 posts)
9. So your opinion is based on "pragmatic" ideology? n/t
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:49 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
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luxpara4

(41 posts)
12. You can probably Google as well as I can
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:56 PM
Feb 2020

And you know very well that there’s a lot of information out there, some suspect of course, but some well respected.I’m going by what I see with my own eyes, hear with my own ears, and just basic common sense.

I caucused for Bernie last time, but I regretted it after it became obvious that he and his surrogates we’re not wanting to help Hilary or the Democrats.

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Moderateguy

(945 posts)
6. So if these hundreds of thousands of people are real
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:43 PM
Feb 2020

And manage to show up to vote (not guaranteed) Bernie should win the nomination outright

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Uncle Joe

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8. Bernie is in the process of doing that now
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:47 PM
Feb 2020

but if you read the article you would also know that some of them are too young to vote.

The Internet is dominated by the younger generations, while the oldest generations still primarily get their information from the one way top down corporate media conglomerates ie: T.V.

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Moderateguy

(945 posts)
10. Winning 25% of the vote isn't going to cut it
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:50 PM
Feb 2020

So he better figure out how to appeal to more people who are old enough to vote

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luxpara4

(41 posts)
11. Have you ever seen 4 Chan Troll a whole movement
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:51 PM
Feb 2020

I remember when they started the meme “cutters for Bieber” and convinced a lot of people to hurt themselves.They are famous for that shit and they’re amateurs. Just think what a highly motivated and well-funded group could do.

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dustyscamp

(2,228 posts)
4. We shouldn't underestimate the power of the internet
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:41 PM
Feb 2020
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