{"product_id":"dystopia-2084-rogers-wodolobo-okot-uma-9781901127515","title":"Dystopia 2084: Truly Out of the Western World","description":"A sovereign nation state known by the name \u003cb\u003eUSANTIUM\u003c\/b\u003e, located in the Western World, boasts of a \u003cb\u003ereigning king\u003c\/b\u003e, His Divine Grace Stratus the Divine King of USANTIUM and a \u003cb\u003eruling president\u003c\/b\u003e, President Stratus of USANTIUM. Unconventional but true. The year is 2084 CE. Ravaged by ten years of the \u003cb\u003eCurse of the Occult\u003c\/b\u003e, USANTIUM rises to a most powerful sovereign state at Stratus's installation as the \u003cb\u003ereigning-ruling Divine King-President of USANTIUM\u003c\/b\u003e, who ascends to prominence as a unique \u003ci\u003emixta-persona\u003c\/i\u003e of reverence in the public eye. The USANTIUM citizenry becomes habituated to a new, yet unknown, unfolding milieu in USANTIUM. \u003cb\u003eDYSTOPIA 2084: Truly Out of The Western World \u003c\/b\u003e is an expose of the all-powerful yet autocratic praxis brought to bear on a sovereign nation state under the \u003cb\u003eall-disruptive governance\u003c\/b\u003e of a reigning-ruling Divine King-President. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a concise prescient polemic, Rogers OKOT-UMA wod'Olobo [aka ROGERS wod'Olobo OKOT-UMA] tells it all. Early in his reign-rule, the megalomaniacal cult-king Stratus is quick to direct his whims to carrying out the \u003cb\u003ereigns of unaccountable\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ehighly disruptive governance\u003c\/b\u003e in USANTIUM. First, in a feverish\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003esweep of implementation of a disruptive governance machinery, Stratus moves to consolidate his grip on power through the proclamation of a series of \u003cb\u003edraconian measures\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eall backed by executive fiats\u003c\/b\u003e signed by him as President, orders \u003cb\u003eCleaning the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAugean Stable\u003c\/b\u003e of USANTIUM, by '\u003cb\u003eclearing away all corruption\u003c\/b\u003e', and '\u003cb\u003eimproving efficiency'\u003c\/b\u003e. Stratus revels in \u003cb\u003epost-truth polity\u003c\/b\u003e, fills his Cabinet [the ENSEMBLE] with a large proportion of affluent members, sets up a justice system [the JUSTICIA] that assigns rules of inference that return FALSE POSITIVES for the ever-do-wells and FALSE NEGATIVES for the never-do-wells in respect of the peoples of USANTIUM. Stratus positions \"USANTIUM First is NOT USANTIUM Alone\" as synonymous with an enigma of a nation state overwhelmed by \u003cb\u003eautarky\u003c\/b\u003e in USANTIUM and \u003cb\u003epropensity for 'transactional' tariff wars\u003c\/b\u003e directed to all countries of the world. Stratus revels in \u003cb\u003eextra-territorial land-grab\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand expropriation\u003c\/b\u003e using USANTIUM's might. Stratus deliberately limits degrees of freedom of social media platforms, and subjects the USANTIUM citizenry to a 24\/7 watching eye of the EAGLE-EYE OFFICE, ostensibly for Health, Safety and Security of the nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an apparent flight of frenzy, Stratus \u003cb\u003eorders the creation of genetically engineered human species of specialist super-soldiers\u003c\/b\u003e dubbed \u003cb\u003eNeo-Spartans\u003c\/b\u003e, fiercely loyal to his cause and patriotically inseparable from USANTIUM as a nation-state and the\u003cb\u003e synthesis of Artificial Consciousness-embodied AI-embedded human-like bots \u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003cb\u003ecapability for moral reasoning and adaptability in natural dynamic environments.\u003c\/b\u003e Stratus also orders the synthetico-creation of \u003cb\u003eposthumans\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebeings\u003c\/b\u003e that transcend the limitations of human biology, often through technological enhancements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Armageddon is sparked when Stratus's \u003cb\u003egenetically engineered super-soldiers\u003c\/b\u003e clash with the \u003cb\u003eartificial\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e consciousness-embodied AI-embedded human-like bots \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003ein a civil war so devastating that the very foundation of the infallibility of Stratus's empire fell victim to obliteration to silence. USANTIUM, once a shining beacon of autocratic power, degenerates into a \u003cb\u003ewasteland of charred buildings, ruined technology, \u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e mass graves.\u003c\/b\u003e Stratus, now reigning and ruling over \u003cb\u003enothing but a dead empire\u003c\/b\u003e, walks the empty corridors of his Imperial Palace and Presidential Office. \u003cb\u003eHis regime has survived - but at what cost? \u003c\/b\u003eThat is the question\u003cb\u003e ... It's the fall of Stratus.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rogers Wod'olobo Okot-Uma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1901127516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781901127515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sfi Publishing (Studies Forum International)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"Rogers Wod'olobo Okot-Uma","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49083665252607,"sku":"9781901127515","price":20.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dystopia-2084-rogers-wodolobo-okot-uma-9781901127515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}