I'm not talking about it predicting the future. I'm saying that back in 2000 (regardless of the date in-game) they knew this concept, it's wording and it's application.
It wasn't common knowledge, but it wasn't completely unknown.
Again, the concept of "meme war" has to be dreamt up after getting used in that way. I've never even heard someone express a notion of such a thing other than describing other cultures' behaviors conflicting with others, and no one ever called that a "meme war", which is the point here since they're talking about posting pamphlets and using the INTERNET as their primary means of waging said meme war to propagate memes. Again, back in 2000 most people werne't using the internet hardly at all. Hell, most people weren't using the internet regularly until 2012 and I'd even argue as late as late 2013, early 2014.
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drakesdoom2 ago
Near future conspiracy is the unique thing of the whole series. It's hit or miss you just don't notice the misses.
MyOnlyAccount ago
I'm not talking about it predicting the future. I'm saying that back in 2000 (regardless of the date in-game) they knew this concept, it's wording and it's application.
WhitePaladin ago
Warren Specter was OD on redpills on 2000, the game is full of them.
drakesdoom2 ago
It wasn't common knowledge, but it wasn't completely unknown.
MyOnlyAccount ago
Again, the concept of "meme war" has to be dreamt up after getting used in that way. I've never even heard someone express a notion of such a thing other than describing other cultures' behaviors conflicting with others, and no one ever called that a "meme war", which is the point here since they're talking about posting pamphlets and using the INTERNET as their primary means of waging said meme war to propagate memes. Again, back in 2000 most people werne't using the internet hardly at all. Hell, most people weren't using the internet regularly until 2012 and I'd even argue as late as late 2013, early 2014.