In the post-modern world, the reader creates the book's reality. Deconstructionists critique the idea of representing anything with words. All representations of reality are human, social creations. This is part of the post-modern phenomenon of seeing the world as theater, as not real in the modern sense of the word. Through globalism, people are realizing that all cultures are man-made.
Politicians are on stage as never before, creating stories where they're the hero.
Political events are staged for the cameras, and exist only if cameras are present. Acts of terrorism are global publicity stunts. The media create stories out of raw material. The most exciting and dramatic stories are the ones which become the news SCRs. Activists like Abbie Hoffman use drama, sometimes more for the gratification of being on stage than from a desire to make changes.