> The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime Here in the real world, the number of professional journalists who would

> The novel's plot centers on journalist Doremus Jessup's opposition to the new regime Here in the real world, the number of professional journalists who would stick their necks out and risk losing access or a paycheck to "fight the powahhh" is exactly and precisely zero. It is, however, a supremely self-righteous profession full of people who THINK they would... As far as a liberal rebellion goes, they're too busy dividing themselves over foreign matters they have absolutely no chance of changing or even slightly influencing to even the tiniest degree to see that they are letting themselves be fucked. Russia and Iran spending a tiny amount of money and other peoples' lives was the best investment they ever made and the only smart one of the last decade.