"Cultural genocide" should be called "memocide".
At the point that you are only using the word "gene" metaphorically, it's time to switch to the word that already exists for that purpose: the "meme".
At the point that you are only using the word "gene" metaphorically, it's time to switch to the word that already exists for that purpose: the "meme".
Ignorance like you're displaying here just helps further this trivialization of the word. Please educate yourself and join the resistance in stead.
You can try to “resist” cultural shifts in language, but I promise you’ll lose.