Bureau of Guidance / Case file [ declassified ] Edition 471-99A

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TheRedundart

A story of pointless information and fabricated necessity.

A dystopian novel about a society drowning in services no one needs — and the Compliance Officer who stops enforcing them.

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Dystopian fiction · 146 pages · Paperback & Kindle · ISBN 9798195039592

Declassified Front cover of The Redundart: a lone black figure walks inside a red sun above rows of identical gray citizens.
File 01Case summary

One citizen refuses.

In a society drowning in redundant services, recycled wisdom, and endless guidance, one man begins to question the value of it all.

Ignar is a loyal Compliance Officer. He enforces the consumption of mandatory knowledge and never asks why — until a single citizen refuses.

What begins as a minor act of defiance pulls Ignar down a path of suppressed truths, obsolete control systems, and one horrifying realization: nothing the people depend on is truly necessary.

And the quiet terror of waking up to it too late.

File 02Terminology

A word for the age of manufactured need.

re·dun·dart/ rə-ˈdən-ˌdärt /

noun

  1. The art of redundance: the deliberate manufacture of needs you never had, so that you keep consuming information, guidance, and services that were never essential.
  2. Bureau usage, classified: a living redundancy — a citizen engineered to keep the system stable through perfect compliance.

redundance + art · coined by Dimitrios Vasileiadis, 2026

“You already know what you need. Let us remind you.”Public billboard, Sector 9
“Uncertainty is a symptom. Guidance is the cure.”Broadcast loop 4.2.1
“Do not question what has been optimized.”Guidance Manifesto
File 03Intercepted broadcast

From inside the loop.

You are not alone. You have never been alone. Your needs are understood. Your path is prepared. Independent judgment is a burden we no longer ask you to carry.

Do not seek what has not been offered. Do not question what has been optimized. Do not listen to voices that ask you to think.

You may feel doubt. That is normal. Consume your daily briefings. The feeling will pass.

— Bureau of Cognitive Reinforcement, Public Guidance Manifesto · The Redundart, Chapter 1
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File 04Personnel

About the author.

Dimitrios Vasileiadis is an entrepreneur and founder based in Athens, Greece. He coined the term redundart to name the quiet industry of manufactured necessity — the feeds, briefings, and services that solve problems you never had, and charge you for the privilege.

The Redundart is his first novel.

contact@redundart.com

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