• @neptune@dmv.social
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    711 months ago

    Cyber punk is counter cultural. I think in these worlds when the protagonist resists the robot tech it’s notable because the majority have mindlessly accepted it.

    • @Ubermeisters
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      11 months ago

      Ive noticed that the cyberpunk genre is widely misunderstood. That’s likely intentional on behalf of corporations who really aren’t served best by us fully embracing the cyberpunk attitude against corportations.

      • @morrowind@lemmy.ml
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        211 months ago

        Half of people don’t even realize there’s a genre beyond the A E S T H E T I C and video game

        • @Ubermeisters
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          11 months ago

          “But… I’ve got all cyan and magenta and nowhere else tonout it”