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Tech bros actually think it’s something to aspire to. Saw some tech moron on Xitter say that cyberpunk is a utopia we can achieve. Then he started arguing with people who told him it’s a dystopia.
Fascist tech bros think they will be the elites in Harlan’s World and not some downtrodden servant.
I once thought it's possible to build some kind of "idealized" Empire from Star Wars. Almost like the Soviet space dream.
The problem with these people is - they don't know what they want to do. They have vibes.
I can relate to that very much, I too for most part have vibes and not understanding, and also executive dysfunction, so my life is vibe-driven.
They think they erode the oppressive mechanism (sometimes) or change the world so that the better would be on top (that'd be them in their opinion). These are actually similar in the sense of trying to slowly break what they consider to be chains. Except they don't, they reinforce it.
You can't build a cyberpunk world (no matter dystopian or utopian) without the technologies used being interoperable, replaceable, durable, and available to many people. That's how those worlds exist, through a certain kind of technologies being as ingrained into the society as public domain works of literature.
While these platforms are not such. These platforms for me reminisce China before Opium Wars. A similar degeneracy, feeling of power and lack of feedbacks. (I hope the Chinese have this association too and something in their lives prevents a similar crash, but my hope isn't very strong)