Digital Mimetic Asymmetry

Social unrest spreads unevenly because the Anglophone/dominant‑platform internet exports protest templates (languages, slogans, tactics) more readily than it imports them. That creates an asymmetry: local disturbances in the Anglophone internet influence distant places, while non‑Anglophone unrest rarely catalyzes mirror movements in the U.S. — If true, this reframes cross‑border protest contagion as a product of platform cultural hegemony, not merely shared grievances, with implications for diplomatic messaging and domestic policing.