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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TO THE INVENTORS who thought they were helping, the marketers who thought they were selling, and the rest of us who never stopped to ask what it was all really made of.

Special thanks to the friends who encouraged this journey, the conversations that reshaped it, and the moments of quiet horror when I realized just how deep it goes.

And to whoever made the plastic sword I used as a kid.
I still remember the way it felt in my hand.
It’s probably still out there somewhere.
Thanks, I guess?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JJ IS THE author of over 250 books, most of which take something you thought you understood and gently rip the curtain off. His work spans history, culture, psychology, and the structures that shape modern life, always with a sharp eye, a wry tone, and a suspicious amount of research.

He lives somewhere between the real and the synthetic, still trying to figure out which parts of his own world are plastic too.

COPYRIGHT

© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON
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If this book makes you uncomfortable, that’s on purpose.
If it makes you think, that’s a bonus.