In which there were revelations

In which we cease pretending the illusion personal agency and opt for biomedical totalitarianism

In which the agglomerating logic of systems and institutions careens into all-out inhumanity and cruelty

In which technocratic idealism reveals its core to be mindless and parasitic

In which it is revealed that empiricism, reason and ethical life are no more than museum pieces.

In which we embrace the fake simulacra and kitsch authenticity of the shallows, acquiescing to its tempests and tides.

In which the contempt of those who style themselves elite breaks free from the gloss of pretended care.

In which the dis-eased and material-ised 500-year empire attempts to battle against the nature of decline.

In which the addled and comfortable begin to encounter the consequences of their convictions.

In which the discontented, jostled, set-aside and extinguished voices describe not prophecy but malady.