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It might read a little bit a little bit like Stephanie Mencimer‘s chronicle of Tea Party types who are organizing against a global conspiracy to force humans into dense cohabitation with each other:
In the tea partiers’ dystopian vision, the increased density favored by planners to allow for better mass transit become compulsory “human habitation zones.” They warn of Americans being forcibly moved from their suburban dream homes into urban “hobbit homes” and required to give up their cars and instead—gasp!—take the bus to work. The enemies in this fight are hidden behind bland trade-association names like the American Planning Association or ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability).
The likeness is faint, of course. But discernable.