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I think a fair amount of cyberpunk also had an eye to the past, with the East India company and others like it serving as reference points to the mega corps of
by topkai22 6y ago
I think a fair amount of cyberpunk also had an eye to the past, with the East India company and others like it serving as reference points to the mega corps of the “future”
The East India company is gone, the railroads and US steel aren’t what they once were. And this age shall pass too.
- asdff 6y agoJust like how the breakup of bell liberated us from oppressive telecoms monopolizing our neighborhoods, and fostered competitive innovation in this field, right? It doesn't matter how many companies there are in an industry if the functional consequences on your life by that industry as a whole are the exact same if they were a single monolith. If it quacks like a duck... You say the railroads are a bygone era, just drive through San Marino to see what railroad money has bought and continues to buy to this very day. This wealth did not evaporate, it has only grown.