NATO is a manifestation of the metamodern simulacrum that is simultaneously and perpetually at war and not at war with Russia. Postmodernism was the rejection of universal truth, acknowledging that there are shades of gray and conflicting human perceptions of truth. Metamodernism insists upon a universal truth, which is defined by the regime, and means anything and nothing at the same time. George Orwell somewhat predicted this future in his dystopian novel 1984, but the real thing went beyond what even he imagined. In 1984, the proles believe contradictory things and don’t realize the contradiction because the talking points are …