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Comment author: ChristianKl 20 April 2016 07:57:03PM 1 point [-]

I don't think that's the best non charitable version.

More accurate: "Hanson profits from memes that are associated with him spreading. That's his job as a public intellectual. Therefore he does everything to make them spread and win. He optimizes for winning."