{"id":886,"date":"2013-06-27T21:14:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T21:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=886"},"modified":"2013-06-27T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T21:14:30","slug":"httpwww-salon-com20130616from_ike_to_the_matrix_welcome_to_the_american_dystopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/06\/16\/from_ike_to_the_matrix_welcome_to_the_american_dystopia\/"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/06\/16\/from_ike_to_the_matrix_welcome_to_the_american_dystopia\/','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/media.salon.com\/2013\/06\/matrix_dystopia-150x150.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/06\/16\/from_ike_to_the_matrix_welcome_to_the_american_dystopia\/\\'&gt;From Ike to \\&quot;The Matrix\\&quot;: Welcome to the American dystopia&lt;\/a&gt;Part Orwellian security state, part Huxley wonderland and part \\&quot;Matrix,\\&quot; America is three dystopias in one! 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