/lit/ - Literature

https://presentpunk.com/state-of-dystopia-july-oct-2021/
We already live in a cyberpunk world considering nearly everything that the OG writers of this genre had in mind in terms of power relations and societal changes. The only thing that cp fiction writers get wrong (especially in movies) is that every corner of the street would be hyper digitalized when it's obviously not the case today - even the most modern cities in China still have a lot of neighbourhoods that are deprived of this cyberspace accumulation. It's usually only the inner city and the rich gated communities that "enjoy" the hyperdigital world. They're wrong to assume that such technology would be accessible to everyone. That "cool tech stuff" that gets fetishized in cp media is reserved for the higher-ups. We do get controlled by cyberspace technologies but not to the extent where it genuinely benefits like the rich. We will continue to live in dirty apartments for absurd amount of money but they'll make sure that everyone will have a smartphone and other addictive spyware.
We're once again at a point where the future (cyberpunk) has already arrives before we really noticed it and now are unable to imagine a alternative. Hence all the romanticized cyberpunk media like that video game and all those stupid netflix shows that get produced on mass scale to feed off of that feeling.