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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure "expendable labor" is really the most accurate description. My understanding was that the pharoahs hired skilled artisans and craftsmen during winter seasons in exchange for food. They didn't use slaves to build the pyramids, to my understanding

[–] homes@piefed.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

to be fair, this meme is so very old (20-25 years old, possibly older), it probably predates that understanding which is only about 14 years old.

although there has long been the belief that the Ancient Egyptians couldn't reasonably have built such incredible architectural wonders so long ago without the use of skilled laborers rather than slaves (as widely believed due to myths and legends), it wasn't really conclusively proven until a number of archeological discoveries were made around 2011-2012, IIRC, which helped give credibility to the theories that the pyramids were, indeed, built by skilled laborers and craftsmen who were paid and/or otherwise compensated fairly for their work.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it probably predates that understanding which is only about 14 years old

Yeah, I had to check... Asterisx and Cleopatra had some dialog about how they weren't slaves¹... Published in 1970.

I'm not sure knowledgeable people ever thought they were built by slaves.

1 - The author had some serious academic credentials.