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The cyberpunk genre was meant as warning not a template.
by stuaxo 6y ago
The cyberpunk genre was meant as warning not a template.
- Cheyana 6y agoThe first thing that popped into my head at this headline was Count Zero (William Gibson).
- hef19898 6y agoYou sure about that? Middle ground would be an inspiration, I guess.
- Mountain_Skies 6y agoAnd yet here we are in 2021 with those who decried the cyberpunk corpocracy of fiction, openly screaming "they're a private company" and pushing for more and more power over human communications to be controlled by international corporations.
- warkdarrior 6y agoThe difference is that there are many communications options, ranging from ancient (letters) to present-day (SMS, Internet chat) to futuristic (community mesh, etc.). For land and housing ownership, there is only one option in a given location. You either like the local government owned by the business, or you have to move to another state or even country.
- staticman2 6y agoThat's because the conspiracy theorists/ professional liars control the world dystopia is at least as bad as the cyberpunk one, and the more probable one.
- eplanit 6y agoYes, and the same with the Robocop story, with OCP building Delta City, complete with enforcement Droids.
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- Hamuko 6y agoI look forwards to my sick augmentations.