Meme

poem by: John Prophet
Written on Mar 12, 2017

Ideas not people 
rule the world,
competing for supremacy,
domination. 

Conflicting, waring 
to gain the 
upper hand, 
control.

Virus like 
as it spreads
through the population
Infecting all that come 
in contact.

Ideas are insidious things,
once infected nearly impossible 
to ignore.

Populations are 
controlled by ideas.
Religious ideas, political ideas, 
run gunshot
over millions, 
pitting whole 
populations 
against one another.

The relative nature 
of ideas is dependent 
on the level of infection.

Where do ideas come from?
Who or what injections 
them into 
our releam.

Ideas make us
do things,
controls us. 

Free will just an
illusion. 
Ideas make
us behave as 
they will. 

Can there be 
a unifying
idea that shows us the
way?
Would that just be
universal control? 

Are our brains complex
enough
to see the
unifying 
Idea when it 
finally arrives? 

Memes can lead us
into the future,
or undo it all.

 

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