I begin to suspect that a suppressed sense of proportion is one of the things required in order to flourish within a dystopia.
(See also: calls to resist normalization of encroaching fascism. If these things are not normal, they are appalling and must be resisted; a habit of resistance is not conducive to happiness under an authoritative regime. Now, it turns out, is a very appropriate time for these #Jurisdiction novels to be reprinted.)