“Schismsim” could easily have been written to describe the present state of the body politic but it was produced over a decade before. How long and slow the decline of civilization, how glitched and disjointed it sounds. You can listen day and night but must choose left or right. “Facts” are what we fight over to the detriment of truth. How can “facts” be apolitical when so many powerful interests are paying to manufacture them? Synapse paid with human efforts to produce this lament for humanity that is lost in an ocean of disinformation. It has a pretty melody though… The system is “Stealing Science” to further the agendas of our overlords. It’s also a very profitable endeavor as our economy becomes more dependent on automation and artificial intelligence. Synapse used old-fashioned human intelligence to create this suspenseful composition of rhythmic noir. “Pluralism” regrets the demise of our open and democratic society from the perspective of a frog left to boil in the pot on the stovetop. In our last moments of consciousness, at least we have a cosmic rocker with which to comprehend the folly.