A hilarious and horrifying journey into the dark heart of the âNew Normal Reich.â C. J. Hopkinsâs latest volume of Consent Factory Essays chronicles his Kafkaesque prosecution in Germany, the broader crackdown on dissent throughout the West, and other unsettling features of the âNew Normalââthe new pathologized form of totalitarianism that was rolled out during âthe Covid Pandemic,â which is radically transforming societies around the world.
Charged by the German authorities with âdisseminating pro-Nazi propagandaâ for tweeting the cover art of his bestselling book, The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020â2021), Hopkinsâs absurdist adventures in the German legal systemâwhere he was pronounced guilty without a trial, then acquitted, and then âunacquittedââmake for harrowing and uproariously humorous reading. Prosecuted in criminal court, his book banned by Amazon, his tweets censored by Twitter, reported to Germanyâs Federal Criminal Police Office and the Bundesamt fĂźr Verfassungsschutz, its domestic intelligence agency, his battle to defend his right to freedom of speech and artistic expression has become an international cause cĂŠlèbre, receiving major media coverage in the USA, UK, Australia, and Switzerland, as well as Germany.
Spanning the years 2022â2024, the essays in this volume also cover the crackdown on so-called âdisinformation,â âhate-speech,â and other forms of wrongthink, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the culture wars, the rise of the âMusk Cult,â the return of Trump, and the rest of the aftermath of the âCovid Pandemic.â
Fear and Loathing in the New Normal Reich - C. J. Hopkins & Matt Taibbi
A hilarious and horrifying journey into the dark heart of the âNew Normal Reich.â C. J. Hopkinsâs latest volume of Consent Factory Essays chronicles his Kafkaesque prosecution in Germany, the broader crackdown on dissent throughout the West, and other unsettling features of the âNew Normalââthe new pathologized form of totalitarianism that was rolled out during âthe Covid Pandemic,â which is radically transforming societies around the world.
Charged by the German authorities with âdisseminating pro-Nazi propagandaâ for tweeting the cover art of his bestselling book, The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020â2021), Hopkinsâs absurdist adventures in the German legal systemâwhere he was pronounced guilty without a trial, then acquitted, and then âunacquittedââmake for harrowing and uproariously humorous reading. Prosecuted in criminal court, his book banned by Amazon, his tweets censored by Twitter, reported to Germanyâs Federal Criminal Police Office and the Bundesamt fĂźr Verfassungsschutz, its domestic intelligence agency, his battle to defend his right to freedom of speech and artistic expression has become an international cause cĂŠlèbre, receiving major media coverage in the USA, UK, Australia, and Switzerland, as well as Germany.
Spanning the years 2022â2024, the essays in this volume also cover the crackdown on so-called âdisinformation,â âhate-speech,â and other forms of wrongthink, the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the culture wars, the rise of the âMusk Cult,â the return of Trump, and the rest of the aftermath of the âCovid Pandemic.â