1 sickening real-world theme lurks in Cursed Mage
Cursed Mage relays one disturbing real-world fact that’s literally hiding in your pocket. And chances are, you’re missing it.
Here are a few hints. You use it every day for multiple purposes. It can entertain you, inform you, and even help you make business transactions.
Yep, it’s your phone. In Cursed Mage, Kaija Jokiharju and others have these cool watch phones with touch-screen holograms. Sounds like sci-fi meets dark paranormal fantasy, I know.
I injected them in there to prove a point: This is a tech-advanced society that watches its citizens’ every move. But for convenience, everybody has one. And as we all use our phones today, characters in this series use them for everything.
But in Cursed Mage, I cranked surveillance up to dystopian levels. In our world, we can still make life tough for hackers and the surveillance state. A private browser, a VPN, and turning off location settings can cloak us well. But in Kaija’s world, it’s not an option unless people keep their phones off. At least for the masses.
If they want to own a watch phone, they must consent to extensive profiling. That includes who they interact with, what they browse for online, biometric data stored in a central hub, and monetary transactions.
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There’s ironically a right to privacy in Cursed Mage
The Constitution in the fictional nation of Vimsinew, “protects” right to privacy. But as you probably deciphered, there’s a massive asterisk beside it. The Vimsinewian government does all it can to circumvent that right, just as it does with religion, freedom of press, speech, expression, you get it.
It shows that a piece of paper supposedly preventing the State from intervening on people who want to be left alone isn’t effective. Instead, the State will find loopholes. And if it can’t find loopholes, it’ll make up loopholes.
Think about what guys like Ed Snowden revealed. The same thing is going on in Cursed Mage. Kaija and other characters may not know the State’s surveilling them, but those with “inside information” know what’s up.
So, if you’re into dark paranormal fantasy with a dystopian twist, check out Cursed Mage at The Rebel Lore Vault and spot the signs pointing to the surveillance state. You’ll catch three of them in Chapter 1 if you’re savvy enough. And we’re not just talking about watch phones.
