Dystopian Novel" (Feffer), "California Is Living America's Dystopian Future" (LeMenager), or simply "America Is a Dystopia" (Rajendra-Nicolucci)—present grim and cynical assessments of current political, social, and economic conditions, often with fatalistic undertones. Comparing American society to a dystopian fantasy-turned-reality.

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