Steve Bannon, former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, inspired an instant sarcasm-fueled meme Thursday when he spoke at the Financial Times’ “Future of News” conference in New York.
Bannon spent much of the talk downplaying the influence of Cambridge Analytica—which he helped create and takes credit for naming—in the 2016 election after days of scrutiny over the firm’s use of personal data has sent Facebook into an apologetic frenzy.
But Twitter zeroed in on a particular Bannon soundbite reported by the Daily Beast’s Max Tani. Bannon says he has a new political outlook with three main points, according to Tani.
Bannon says the three pillars of his new ideology are nationalism, cryptocurrencies, and digital sovereignty.
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 22, 2018
Bannon, a former exec for right-wing news site Breitbart, is apparently focusing on “nationalism, cryptocurrencies, and digital sovereignty.”
Twitter couldn’t help but mock the perceived banality of Bannon’s bragging on his “new ideology.”
https://twitter.com/MichaelWatsonDC/status/976930261630947331
Some people offered Bannon alternatives for his newly adopted “three pillars.”
https://twitter.com/VitruvianMonkey/status/976934893530775553
The three pillars of my ideology are racism, sexism, and funny pink hats https://t.co/DW7DGsLD1y
— RG (@BltwayPundit) March 22, 2018
*extremely steve bannon voice*
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 22, 2018
you see the future belongs to a great new movement defined by three things:
phrenology
blockchain
waluigi
But many co-opted the “three pillars” idea for their own lifestyles. The proclaimed ideologies ranged from straightforward…
https://twitter.com/darth/status/976932274473074688
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/976940772321787904
THE THREE PILLARS OF MY NEW IDEOLOGY ARE FREEDOM, OREOS AND CLUB SODA SUBSIDIES #threepillars
— Brad Bauman (@bradbaumn) March 22, 2018
The three pillars of my new ideology are bees, beagles, and dairy free options.
— Liz Charboneau (@lizchar) March 22, 2018
to philosophical…
https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/976932316399521792
https://twitter.com/WrithingCortex/status/976934111217582081
The three pillars of my new ideology are promoting Twitter addiction, eating too much Ben and Jerry’s, and Keynesian Gym Rat Theory
— Asa Zaretsky (@asazaret) March 22, 2018
to completely obscure.
the three pillars of my new ideology are serbian nationalism, weeaboos, and tor
— Christopher Hooks (@cd_hooks) March 22, 2018
The three pillars of my new ideology are 1.) delete ur account 2) dogecoin 3) delete ur account
— Ben White (@EconomyBen) March 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheMrDiscourse/status/976934673581568000
https://twitter.com/buildknuckle/status/976934627674939393
https://twitter.com/stanthemanchan/status/976934268025876482
One person even went for a five-pillar approach.
https://twitter.com/djlavoie/status/976930207847337985
Bannon—who became a central figure in the investigation into Russian collusion and incited Trump’s wrath with comments highlighted in Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury—seems to invite controversy wherever he goes. We’ll see where his three pillars take him next.
