What if everything you thought you knew about politics, media, and truth... was a carefully curated illusion?
In The Disenlightenment, Paul Zimmer rips the mask off the 21st-century spectacle with surgical precision and savage wit. Channeling the sharp-tongued insight of David Mamet and the paranoia-soaked realism of a mafia film, Zimmer delivers a genre-defying exposé that cuts through the fog of soundbites, herd-think, and digital manipulation to expose how elites turned democracy into performance art-and citizens into obedient spectators.
This is not a book for the faint of heart or the comfortably numb. From the cult of celebrity politicians and the weaponization of algorithms, to the erosion of public discourse and the chilling rise of media-as-mafia, Zimmer takes you on a white-knuckle ride through the back alleys of culture and the corridors of power.
Forget left vs. right. This is truth vs. manufactured reality.
You'll learn:
How politicians became influencers-and why that should terrify you
Why discourse collapsed into dopamine hits and echo chambers
The hidden mechanics of cultural manipulation-and how to spot them
How to resist the Disenlightenment and reclaim your agency in the age of noise
Smart. Dangerous. Unapologetic. This is political critique with a switchblade in its boot-part narrative nonfiction, part manifesto, and all fire.
Read it if you dare. Share it if you're brave.
Just don't say you weren't warned!!