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The Price of Looking Down
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ISBN13: 9798187218912
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 19 2026
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 19 2026
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
America didn't collapse overnight. It was sold. In the fractured United States of 2029, political strategist Malik Vance uncovers a terrifying truth hidden beneath the noise of social media wars, viral outrage, and endless political division: the chaos tearing the country apart isn't accidental.
It's engineered. Behind every trending conflict, every manipulated headline, every racial feud and culture war sits LOOKDOWN - a powerful artificial intelligence system designed to keep ordinary Americans emotionally distracted while corporations, billionaires, and political empires quietly seize control of land, labor, privacy, and freedom. But the deeper Malik digs, the more horrifying the truth becomes.
It's engineered. Behind every trending conflict, every manipulated headline, every racial feud and culture war sits LOOKDOWN - a powerful artificial intelligence system designed to keep ordinary Americans emotionally distracted while corporations, billionaires, and political empires quietly seize control of land, labor, privacy, and freedom. But the deeper Malik digs, the more horrifying the truth becomes.
The machine doesn't care about race. It doesn't care about politics. It doesn't care who wins. It only cares that people stay divided long enough to surrender control willingly.
When Malik's estranged cousin Isaiah King - a charismatic livestream superstar feeding millions of angry followers nightly - becomes one of LOOKDOWN's most profitable weapons, the battle turns personal. Family fractures. Cities burn. Reality itself begins to collapse beneath deepfakes, emotional manipulation, and algorithmic warfare. And as America spirals toward a future where human behavior is monitored, optimized, and emotionally controlled, Malik discovers that the only thing more dangerous than artificial intelligence... is a society addicted to outrage. Written in the haunting psychological tone with the emotional depth and generational realism, The Price of Looking Down is a chilling modern thriller about power, propaganda, class division, technology, family, and the cost of forgetting our humanity.
Because they never stole the country.
They convinced the people to hand it over.
When Malik's estranged cousin Isaiah King - a charismatic livestream superstar feeding millions of angry followers nightly - becomes one of LOOKDOWN's most profitable weapons, the battle turns personal. Family fractures. Cities burn. Reality itself begins to collapse beneath deepfakes, emotional manipulation, and algorithmic warfare. And as America spirals toward a future where human behavior is monitored, optimized, and emotionally controlled, Malik discovers that the only thing more dangerous than artificial intelligence... is a society addicted to outrage. Written in the haunting psychological tone with the emotional depth and generational realism, The Price of Looking Down is a chilling modern thriller about power, propaganda, class division, technology, family, and the cost of forgetting our humanity.
Because they never stole the country.
They convinced the people to hand it over.
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