# We're Being Plunged Into Dystopia When We Could Be Living In Paradise

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Podcast: [JOHNSTONE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/johnstone-939221)
Published: 2026-07-28T11:36:59+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/were-being-plunged-into
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## Resource

It's not just all the war, injustice, ecocide and dystopia that hurts. It's knowing it didn't have to be this way. It's knowing what could have been. Reading by Tim Foley.

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