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this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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Wait, corporate government, like in cyberpunk?
Nah. Like in Snowcrash.
The term cyberpunk was first used to describe settings such as Snowcrash, i.e. dystopian corporate sci-fi, before it was adopted as a name for the gaming franchise.
I'm not sure if the person you are replying to was using it as a noun or an adjective, I parsed it is an adjective because it's more inclusive.
Anyway.. using cyberpunk to refer to the game franchise, would be a disambiguation. This is the article referring to the original usage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk?wprov=sfla1
I was referring to cyberpunk as a genre and theme, I remembered some things after reading this post like shadowrun, cyberpunk ttrpg, Gibson's books, system shock, etc.
Yeah, I just tend to think of that stuff as corporate feudalism. And I learned that concept from playing shadowrun as a kid and then getting into other cyberpunk stuff.
And yeah, it seems to be the direction we are headed. Elon musk is a fan of blade runner and I don't think he identifies with the poor people but the rich CEO.