This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact The Epoch Times Reprints.
Popular meme smith Carpe Donktum speaks to The Epoch Times' American Thought Leaders at the 48th Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Council, in St. Louis, Missouri, in September 2019. American Thought Leaders/The Epoch Times
It was hardly an exaggeration when Elon Musk said recently, “Who controls the memes, controls the Universe.” This is akin to Harvard literary critic Irving Babbitt’s observation a century ago that “the imagination ... determines action and so ‘governs mankind.’”
Emily Finley holds a PhD from The Catholic University of America. She is a Senior Fellow at The Albertus Magnus Institute and the author of The Ideology of Democratism. She writes at The Christian Imagination.
