WILL LITERATURE RAISE ITS VOICE?

PUSHBACK against mad tech overdogs and an increasingly insane society has begun. Along the margins, so far. Among the people. At local city council meetings, citizens raising their voices against this planned technocratic atrocity or that one. From-the-ground-up happenings. The question for the populace, We the People, is how far to go. Open rebellion? Out of the question. Definitely not recommended with ICE and military budgets seeing big increases under this not-fascism regime.

Disconnection? Some may be trying it. A former member of the notorious Underground Literary Alliance (all mention of which is banned among the literary elite), who I’ll call here Paul S., has created an offline discussion group, using snail mail. A return to the defunct organization’s roots. Possible foundation for a revived literary alternative during an upcoming “Dead Internet” period–?

The idea of disconnecting from today’s technocratic dystopia is also addressed in our new feature short story, “Opting Out,” by Evan Brown. Fictional, yet timely and real. And after all, who knows what actions out there in the expanses of this vast country already are planned, or taking place? We hope you enjoy it!

Right-wing and left-wing podcasters warned the revolution would start in big cities like New York, San Francisco, or L.A. What the world learned from their daily hot takes and nightly news broadcasts was just how out of touch the opinion-makers really were.