Thanks for the links. The parallels are striking. Adam Curtis' BBC series on Russian history 1985-1998 is called TRAUMAZONE. There are many moments where the falsity of life in a society operating under a collapsing total planned system triggers reflections on our own state.

And, of course, our host's thesis of collapse, be it catabolic or, as I confusingly posted some time ago, cataleptic.

Is it any wonder that Gibson's deft story of The Jackpot, The Peripheral, is now trending...