One of the key settings in cyberpunk lit is where corporations are more powerful than governments.. We are already there in some ways. Take the situation in t

One of the key settings in cyberpunk lit is where corporations are more powerful than governments.. We are already there in some ways. Take the situation in the UK where, say, apple don't pay any tax to the national govt -- this is a perfect example where a massive corp is more powerful than a govt. There is absolutely no way that the uk govt could change the situation. There are a few options they could try, but they would all fail and so they're not even attempted as trying and failing would be an embarrassment and admitting that they're powerless. The options? Take them to court? The govt would run out of money before they even got into a courtroom. Sales ban? Unless the cost of stopping doing business in the UK is more than paying tax in every other country who would immediately take the same steps if it worked then they'd just leave the uk. Guilt trip? Sure, people are annoyed but it's barely a news cycle at a time and everyone will still pay 1k for the new iphone (8 is rumored at around there... apparently). That's even before you read about the revolving door between govt and big corp and the toothless ACOBA. The lobby/'campaign donation' culture in US politics is an even stronger litmus, to me at least, that in contract to your view the future has come, and the cyberpunk is in it.