I remember someone, somewhere saying that the problem with politics is that it uses a lot of energy and accomplishes little. I how long Internet forums can suppress and censor political discussion until eventually a topic is so inviting that the members of the forum will eventually succumb to the temptations of politics and declare, "WAR!"

This is a startup idea: software to determine when and how long a predicted meme will overwhelm a company culture allowing investors to short the stock while the meme, as a cultural virus, runs it course. Sort of like a company health predictor using the semantics of current events as units of measurement.