CodexArcanum

You have to remember that 99% of people talking about “dystopian” novels mean the Hunger Games and Divergent books, maybe also Harry Potter. Dystopian YA novels were best sellers in the US for like a decade, so most peoples’ image of a dystopian protagonist is a teenager with limited responsibilities outside “growing up” and “overcoming the system.” And after your “youthful rebellion” against the oppressive nightmare system, you can become a cop protecting it!

If you wonder why Americans are so bad at all this stuff, it’s because generations of us were raised on fake revolution stories.

“Aid seekers” is a damn strange way to spell “starving children”

The author taking Camus’ other advice, and imagining Sisyphus happy, then going farther, into realms of the fantastical, and imagining Camus happy too.

There’s an active court case in New York uncovering indications of tampering and wild statistical anomalies. This blog is a little conspiratorial sounding, but it’s also doing a difficult job of putting back together the pieces of what is looking like a well executed technological coup.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-they-didnt-just-change-the

Aside from the psychological/sociological side of it, PFAS and microolastics have been shown in some studies to reduce women’s fertility and to mess with sperm. So environmental damage is also poisoning us and destroying our ability to procreate. Go team!