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[–] 186 points 9 months ago* (25 children)

Men make money to survive this cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape.

Women make money to survive this cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape.

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  • [–] 34 points 9 months ago (21 children)

    I'd hate to break this to you, but the cyberpunk dystopian capitalist hellscape is in its infancy. It's barely learning to crawl yet.

    Enjoy the next thousand years or so... if you can...

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I hate to break it to you but cyberpunk is a critique of today's world. Tomorrow can always get much worse.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Today's world is a toe dipped in the lake of cyberpunk critique.

    Transhumanism is, for the most part, still a crackpot fringe theory. Most of us aren't brainchipped, and there are still recognizable human interactions on the web.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    To be fair, I don't see anyone not even more evil than Epstein over there, ruling the world. And unless you rule the world, the worst of us eventually will. So being VERY transhuman, might actually be the only way to win.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    If you're referring to multilateralism, international law, and rules-based-order, I'd agree. We already had that and it (mostly) worker since the second half of the 20th Century. Although there was still a lot of room for improvement, but now we're throwing the baby out with the bath water.

    But if you mean some well-intentioned do-gooder should conquer everybody and enforce their own standard of decency, then I'd say that's a slippery slope and self-contradictory. Well-intentioned people don't conquer the world.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    For those wondering what typically defines the cyberpunk literary genre, its key elements include:

    High-tech, low-life scenarios: Advanced technology, such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, is prevalent, but it exists alongside widespread societal breakdown and poverty.

    Dystopian future:
    The settings are typically bleak and oppressive, often dominated by powerful corporations or decentralized, corrupt power structures.

    Impact of technology on humanity:
    Cyberpunk explores how technology shapes society, culture, and individual identity .

    Antiheroes and rebellion:
    Characters are often morally ambiguous rebels fighting against oppressive systems.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks chatgpt!

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    i..... present you with.....a choice.....comrade.....

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Enjoy the next thousand years? Are you immortal? Do you think everyone else is immortal too?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I have no mouth and I must eat icecream

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    I forgot what this conversation is about and I don't feel like backtracking. All I know now is that end-stage ligma is a mouth-less person who's craving ice cream.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I can't speak for everybody, but I remember when the first continents were formed from geothermal vaults at the bottom of the ocean.

    Or maybe that was just a mushroom trip. Either way, the dystopia has only just begun. Stop being pedantic.

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Thanks, corporate mascot beever

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The reappropriation of the Buc-ees beaver is similar to the reappropriation of Mickey Mouse by punks in the 70's.

    Nothing says 'Muricah more than Buc-ees (and maybe us flag bathing shorts). It is a mecca for meat, oversized sodas and snacks, petrol consumption, and nice toilets to shit all the garbage you've consumed.

    An .ml account in the Fediverse sporting the ultimate symbol of American consumerism is exactly what I'm going for.

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