Culture Wars in Cyberspace & "Post-America"

mythologymandate@yahoo.co · Guest

Dr. Laura's listeners and readers may be interested in a new near-
future science-fiction novel, "The Big God Network," in which our
current political polarization has split the United States into a
handful of politically themed new countries, including liberal
Pacifica (the West Coast) and the country's theocratic heartland,
known as New America (run by a president obsessed with the Christian
rapture). It is some twenty years in the future, and much of the
narrative takes place in cyberspace, where "the Big God Network" is
the name of a group of conservative virtual churches. The author
envisions a dystopic New America ruled by evangelicals who hope to
bring Pacifica back into the fold. The culture wars are being waged
more fiercely than ever before, especially in cyberspace, and a new
communications interface called "The Channel" may tip the balance of
power between the new countries.

Here is an excerpt:
"He entered a nation with no separation of church and state, business
and science. All was one and marched to the same drummer. Religious
schools dominated the educational system through high school and they
taught Bible studies and creationism, but not evolution or cosmology.
Environmental studies were not in the curriculum, nor was sex
education. Controversial books were banned. It was a strange place,
both selectively Puritanical and utterly unethical. Corruption was at
the highest level in the developed world, and deregulation had erased
remaining distinctions between politics and special interests.
Pornography, abortion, drugs, and homosexual sex were illegal,
although the rich and powerful indulged at will in vices provided by a
flourishing mafia. Yet few voices assailed the hypocrisy. The
Department of Homeland Safety's spying complex in Colorado Springs
kept close watch over serious dissent. It was considered information
terrorism."

For those interested, the book can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425769373
http://myspace.com/biggodnetwork

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