Cyberpunk and Politics: Neon Dystopias, Power, and Resistance

9•ricecat•6mo ago

Cyberpunk has never been just an aesthetic. Sure, it gave us mirrorshades, chrome limbs, neon alleys, and black market brain implants. But under the surface glitz is something far more grounded: a raw political critique of the world we live in — or the world we’re steadily becoming.

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Comments

ricecat•6mo ago

welcome to the earth!

olemindgv•6mo ago

Interesting

krapp•6mo ago

Was any of this actually written by a human being?

nalaginrut•6mo ago

nice try!

Maybe it's time to face cyberpunk seriously, in life, not in game.

korse•6mo ago

Regardless of what wrote this, at least one statement hits home.

>It’s not just “what if things get worse?” It’s: what if things already are this bad, just behind better UX and cleaner UI?

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