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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 38 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

TBH now that tech fascism is a big thing IRL, I've kinda lost my taste for Cyberpunk. Hits a little too close to home, and it's too obvious that many tech fascists are consuming Cyberpunk works as instructional, not cautionary tales.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 hours ago

"Breaking: scientist invents the Torment Nexus from the cautionary scifi tale Don't Invent the Torment Nexus"

[-] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago

personally the genre hits twice as hard for me now because of that

[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 10 points 10 hours ago

Well, the prospect of a cyberpunk future is a lot more enticing if you associate yourself with the CEO of the antagonistic Evilcorp Inc., instead of the impoverished masses.

Then there's also the hubris that rich fucks read every cautionary tale with. "Surely the powerful technology and the power it will give me wont corrupt me, I've read the cautionary tales about how power corrupts so I'll know what to do to avoid that! Also I'm built different."

[-] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Then there’s also the hubris that rich fucks read every cautionary tale with. “Surely the powerful technology and the power it will give me wont corrupt me, I’ve read the cautionary tales about how power corrupts so I’ll know what to do to avoid that! Also I’m built different.”

I think this is assuming way too much intelligence, self-awareness, and introspection for said rich fucks. Sadly, wealth is not an indicator of any of those things.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Dead on with the first point, but do these fucks even have enough morality to genuinely believe at some point that they are the good guys? Seems like it's pure egoism from start to finish.

[-] Demdaru@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Brother WHY do you think they are able to believe to be so special to be uncorruptible.. xD

[-] Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

I think everyone thinks that they are in some sense justified to do what they do. At the very least via post-hoc rationalizations.

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