The economic situation under the coming recession will have few parallels, but in order to maintain order through a breakdown on the order of the Great Depression, the authority has come to rely heavily on gas-lighting. So much so that if you could place every incident on a time-lapse map, it would graphically show its spread like a growing cloud of smoke. The economic situation and the political-economic reaction have created a new historical era, ending whatever connection it had with the previous century, with the pretense of a division between “totalitarian” Eastern states and the “liberal” West. Open rebellion means the people must shield their noses and their eyes, march blindly, and follow leaders who will likely be corporate-police agents leading them into traps. Silent rebellion means acceptance of ever greater encroachment by the state against every sacred value.