Every once in a blood moon, the far-right egregore sires a meme of exceptional potency. A meme that is extra spicy. A meme that is so pure, rings so true, and is so unfathomably dank that it simply cannot be ignored.
The NPC meme is in a league of its own, and will undoubtedly stand the test of time.
NPC stands for non-playable character. It’s a video game reference that’s used as a metaphor to describe the legions of people who don’t seem to hold authentic opinions. The reference was first used in a 4chan post back in 2016:
The idea soon manifested into artistic form, and became a meme. The visage of Wojak, a character known for his propensity to feel deeply, was transformed to convey a dull, robotic persona. The meme was an instant classic, and it’s easy to understand why. It truly is a meme worth a thousand words.
It was all fun and games until early October 2018, when NPC memes started appearing in large numbers on Twitter, and precipitated one of the worst panics in the media since Pizzagate. They were used to ruthlessly mock progressive users, prompting some of them to go ballistic. A post from the left-wing blog Kotaku decried the memes as “dehumanizing,” which only exacerbated the situation by spawning hundreds of new NPC accounts. At that point, the smell of blood was in the water, and an army of “Russian bots” began storming the digital Fulda Gap.
There was seemingly nothing the left could do to fight back; the meme magic was just too strong. Many of the prominent leftists on Twitter were in an uproar, and demanded that the company do something to stop the memetic onslaught. A few NPC accounts tweeted midterm election jokes in the vein of Douglass Mackey, which Twitter HQ used as justification for shutting down the whole thing. Over 1,500 NPC accounts were banned, but the story didn’t end there.
This particular class of memes was considered so dangerous that The New York Times actually ran a piece condemning their use, and even admitted the danger of potentially triggering the Streisand Effect. They wouldn’t have gambled like that if they didn’t think it was worth the risk, and it was clear this was something that needed to be whitewashed.
Further research into the subject reveals why – the idea conveyed by the memes was substantiated by the Milgram Experiments:
The NPC meme took the “fake news” slur to a new level, because it created a visual representation of the brainwashing process. The media’s modus operandi is to first captivate, then program the vulnerable 80%, using the world’s most cutting-edge psychological techniques. Here’s an example of how it works:
And here’s the end result:
In this context, the term “demoralization” does not mean “to discourage,” but rather, to remove peoples’ morals, in order to induce psychosis, or a loss of contact with reality. If 80% of the population is demoralized, and cannot question authority, they will believe that authority even when it lies to them, and will obey its commands even when doing so is against their own self-interest.
The elites who understand this employ a strategy known as Hegelian Dialectics to force drastic changes onto society. Specifically, they manufacture crises that are designed to incite trauma and fear in targeted populations. Once paralyzed, those populations are then easily persuaded to accept their pre-planned solutions.
This is the name of the game.
The NPC phenomenon corroborates the Tipping Point theory discussed in The Fourth Turning, which posits that once 10% of society holds an unshakeable belief, that belief will eventually be adopted by all of society. The main takeaway is that trying to redpill NPCs is a waste of time, because they will always follow authority, no matter who that authority is.
There is, however, a glimmer of hope among the sea of gray automatons.
The current authority comprises less than 1% of society, but the segment of society capable of challenging authority is much larger:
The dilemma that we 5% face is how to handle this truth, because NPCs have a huge influence on our lives. They’re allowed to vote in elections and serve as doctors, police officers, and members of a jury. Their way of life depends on the existence of mega corporations and tyrannical governments, so they instinctively defend the status quo. In times of crisis, their one-track minds yearn only for a “return to normal.” The question is, how can the 5% either outmaneuver the masses, or hijack their reins, and supplant the current authority?
There must be a way, otherwise they wouldn’t be so obsessed with us.
