Are we all mimics at heart? The 4 July vote is already being called the “TikTok election” as political memes flood people’s timelines. Some say they are inscribed in our brains.
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Jokes abound: This meme mocking Sunak’s election speech in the rain was liked 10,000 times on X. Glossary
Aristophanes - A comic playwright from ancient Athens.
Athenian - From either modern or ancient Athens in Greece.
Liberal Democrat - Also known as the Lib Dems, a liberal political party in the UK.
Ed Davey - The leader of the UK party the Liberal Democrats since 2019.
Thorpe Park - A theme park near London.
Bias - Biases are beliefs that systematically and unfairly distort a person's decisions, in favour or against one group or another.
Richard Dawkins - A British scientist who is associated with New Atheism, a position that is critical of religious belief.
Genes - Sections of DNA strands that act as a kind of instruction manual for a human being. There is still a great deal we do not understand about how they work.