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The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?'' concerning America:
The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?'' concerning America:
{{cquote|High evangelical fertility rates more than compensated for losses to liberal Protestant sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white secularism has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious fundamentalists of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}
{{cquote|High evangelical fertility rates more than compensated for losses to liberal Protestant sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white secularism has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious fundamentalists of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}
== NPC internet meme: Online anti-woke internet meme ==
The '''NPC internet meme''' (derived from non-player character in video gaming), is a politically [[right-wing]] internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions. In other words, they have been indoctrinated.
=== The rise of the NPC internet meme ===
[[File:NPC Google trends.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|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 ].
The main factors are:
'''1.''' [[Elon Musk]] taking over Twitter which gave a boost to the political right.
'''2.''' Right-wingers are getting more active in culture war issues such as anti-[[woke]] backlash.
'''3.''' The growing hunger for [[free speech]] and anti-[[cancel culture]] sentiments.
'''4.''' The rise of a few other right-wing friendly social media platforms (Rumble, Gab, etc.)
'''5.''' Right-wingers 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.
==See also==
==See also==