Last month sometime the victorian era Posh Tory MP Jacob Rees Mogg was pictured in the houses of Parliament during what should’ve been a lively political debate on Brexit.
Instead, he was caught slouched in the front row of seats, totally out of character but more importantly, seemingly careless in what is easily one of the most important debates of British political history.
Needless to say, people were not happy and the frustrated public expressed themselves in the only way worthy of vital political discourse these days:
Memes.
By teatime the next day there was a wonderfully rich selection of memes to choose from, my personal favourites being these:
Some of them were topical:
Some of them political
Some of them were just purely educational:
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Some of them were simply inspired:
Something for the Sci-Fi fans:
Some of you may recall a while back when there was an outcry over installing metal spikes on pavements outside businesses in London.
So this Meme was a bit of callback:
The overall point is, people were not happy and vented on the internet using Memes. This is another example of how Memes are fast becoming less of a marketing tactic aimed at teenagers or on-trend clickbait and more about channelling an avenue for serious social issues.
There are plenty of social media groups that utilise Memes to carry their political agendas, such as the suspiciously left-wing Marxist Facebook group ‘Seizing the Memes of production‘ and the Twitter profile Meme Revolt
As people grow increasingly internet savvy and digitally literate, the scope of audiences for Memes will naturally grow, reaching outside of the hipsters and teenager demographics. Yet, with serious memes offering social critique, future generations will be indoctrinated into this fairly viable and sustainable way of political discourse.
Either way, they’re here to stay. Power to the people [Online].
The Metro did a best-of selection