Why not? Why does no longer publishing flat earth videos not kill the idea for the most part?
How do you think these critical masses around _specific ideas_ are formed? Qanon isn't a whisper campaign.
A thought experiment: we burn all books about Area 51 alien stuff. The whole myth would probably die along with our generation. There's no more stuff reinforcing it, no large traces. No more grainy photos.
That original quote might work for a general ideology but I don't think it works nearly as well when applied to specific narratives.
(Of course this works in all directions, see the obliteration of socialist movements in the 50s and 60s)
How do you think these critical masses around _specific ideas_ are formed? Qanon isn't a whisper campaign.
A thought experiment: we burn all books about Area 51 alien stuff. The whole myth would probably die along with our generation. There's no more stuff reinforcing it, no large traces. No more grainy photos.
That original quote might work for a general ideology but I don't think it works nearly as well when applied to specific narratives.
(Of course this works in all directions, see the obliteration of socialist movements in the 50s and 60s)