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meme plague
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n. The spread of a successful but pernicious meme , esp. one that
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parasitizes the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology,
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BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples.
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This usage is given point by the historical fact that joiner ideologies like
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Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited
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plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small
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reservoir populations.
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