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[–] Cypher 5 points 1 year ago

There’s a reason that popular Cyberpunk looked to Japan for inspiration when it comes to end stage capitalism in a digitally connected world.

The assumption was that these Japanese style megacorps would segregate and dominate the internet, in the way we’ve mostly seen tech-bro startups manage.

Honestly I prefer the cruel indifference of the Cyberpunk musings on megacorp dystopia than what we’ve got.