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Haven't read the book so will have to go on reviews....
It appears to me this can be viewed as a "utility function" memetic virus trying to spread by modifying its host without regard to the host's ultimate survival. In any case, the winning strategy is to build a better replicator and rebellion doesn't sound like the right word for it.
You usually give your manifesto away if your main desire is to propagate its message.
"Rebellion" does seem like a reasonable word for what Stanovich is talking about. Dawkins used the same word: in the words that ended "The Selfish Gene" – saying to: “rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators”.