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== The rise of the NPC internet meme ==
[[File:NPC Google trends.jpg|thumbnail|center|1500px|Google Trends graph of the number of worldwide searches for the term NPC]]
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There has been a huge rise in the use of the NPC meme on the internet as can be seen [https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=NPC by this Google Trends graph of worldwide searches for the term "NPC"]. 

The main factors are: 

'''1.''' [[Elon Musk]] taking over Twitter which gave a boost to the political right.

'''2.''' Supporters of [[right-wing]] politics are getting more active in [[culture war]] issues such as anti-[[woke]] backlash.

'''3.''' The growing hunger for [[free speech]] and growing anti-[[cancel culture]] sentiments.

'''4.''' The rise of a few other right-wing friendly social media platforms ([[Rumble]], [[Gab]], etc.).

'''5.''' [[Right-wing]]ers are [https://www.axios.com/2021/12/06/conservative-social-media-crypto-publishing-internet aggressively building their own ecosystem].

'''6.''' A right-wing populist programme normally encompasses factors such as economic protectionism/problems and anti-imigration/anti-illegal immigration sentiments and these factors are rising in some countries.

'''7.''' European right-wing political figures ([[Marine Le Pen]], [[Viktor Orbán]], Andrej Duda, etc.) are using the European Union corruption scandal as a political weapon and inciting anti-EU sentiment ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections which is giving a bounce to right-wingers.

(The popularity of video gaming is [https://www.statista.com/topics/1680/gaming/ somewhat down from its coronavirus pandemic high] so that cannot explain why the NPC meme is currently rising in popularity in the above Google trends graph.)
[[File:Kitler.jpeg|center|250px|thumb|Kitler the cat was immediately canceled and a [[Kansas City]] meteorologist forced to make a public apology and rectification for thoughtlessness and insensitivity.<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-meteorologist-sorry-for-showing-kitler-a-hitleresque-cat-on-air/</ref> See: [[Cancel culture]] ]]
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