This is a dystopia, but also a post-apocalypse. The dystopia survived the apocalypse, nobody can get their head around it — too bad! You can do post-… - Jonathan Lethem

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This is a dystopia, but also a post-apocalypse. The dystopia survived the apocalypse, nobody can get their head around it — too bad! You can do post-apocalypse things, survivalist stuff, rationing, killing, new tribalism, but you can also go the dystopia route, struggle against the decadent lords and masters, smash the seductive machine that’s controlling your head. Just because you’re crazy doesn’t mean you’re not also stupid, and neither precludes the possibility that you’ve got your boot on the neck of someone even worse off.