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1d4chan>Blajbara: /* Gallery */ added images for post-cyberpunk and solarpunk

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	Image:new york skyline night.jpg\|A decade or two and we will be there.		Image:new york skyline night.jpg\|A decade or two and we will be there.
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			Image:MEPS.png\|Post-cyberpunk: 50% less sucky, 20% more optimistic and 75% increase in sanitation budget.
			Image:A01172b1fbc0525e8642dd865fdc17f0.jpg\| Solarpunk, arguably the best of the possible 'punk futures that await us.
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	Image:new york skyline night.jpg\|A decade or two and we will be there.		Image:new york skyline night.jpg\|A decade or two and we will be there.
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	''Not to be confused with the Roleplaying game '''Cyberpunk''' by [[R. Talsorian\|R. Talsorian Games]], also commonly referred by the name of its second edition [[Cyberpunk 2020]] to not confuse with the genre itself.''		''Not to be confused with the Roleplaying game '''Cyberpunk''' by [[R. Talsorian\|R. Talsorian Games]], also commonly referred by the name of its second edition [[Cyberpunk 2020]] to not confuse with the genre itself.''

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage, fulfilling one's self-indulgences or keeping the proles in line

	Because of its origins in the late 70's and early 80's, Cyberpunk settings tend to feature Japan as a/the dominant world power. At the start of the 1980's, the Japanese economy was still rapidly growing faster than even the United States. Asian brands were toppling global giants, particularly in consumer electronics and entertainment. The megacorps which are a hallmark of the Cyberpunk stories are caricatures of the Japanese ''keiretsu''. Keiretsu were (and remain) extremely large, vertically and horizontally integrated business groups, each consolidated around their own private bank. The largest groups, such as Mitsubishi or Sumitomo, own interests in virtually every industry from farming to entertainment to heavy manufacturing. These gave rise to the cliche of companies that are essentially superpowers, untouchable by mere governments which they have bought and paid for, and fearing only the meddling of their competitors.		Because of its origins in the late 70's and early 80's, Cyberpunk settings tend to feature Japan as a/the dominant world power. At the start of the 1980's, the Japanese economy was still rapidly growing faster than even the United States. Asian brands were toppling global giants, particularly in consumer electronics and entertainment. The megacorps which are a hallmark of the Cyberpunk stories are caricatures of the Japanese ''keiretsu''. Keiretsu were (and remain) extremely large, vertically and horizontally integrated business groups, each consolidated around their own private bank. The largest groups, such as Mitsubishi or Sumitomo, own interests in virtually every industry from farming to entertainment to heavy manufacturing. These gave rise to the cliche of companies that are essentially superpowers, untouchable by mere governments which they have bought and paid for, and fearing only the meddling of their competitors.

1d4chan>Blajbara: /* Gallery */

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	Image:Cyberpunkinsert14.jpg\|Spider Jerusalem in his unnatural habitat		Image:Cyberpunkinsert14.jpg\|Spider Jerusalem in his unnatural habitat
	Image:R-U-a-Cyberpunk.jpg\|Full view for detailed analysis		Image:R-U-a-Cyberpunk.jpg\|Full view for detailed analysis
			Image:new york skyline night.jpg\|A decade or two and we will be there.
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	{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}		{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}

			''Not to be confused with the Roleplaying game '''Cyberpunk''' by [[R. Talsorian\|R. Talsorian Games]], also commonly referred by the name of its second edition [[Cyberpunk 2020]] to not confuse with the genre itself.''

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

1d4chan>Piroko at 00:33, 29 September 2021

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	[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]		[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]

	{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}]		{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

1d4chan>Piroko at 00:33, 29 September 2021

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	[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]		[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]

			{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}]

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

1d4chan>Piroko at 17:27, 28 September 2021

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	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

	Because of its origins in the late 70's and early 80's, Cyberpunk settings tend to feature Japan as a/the dominant world power. At the start of the 1980's, the Japanese economy was still rapidly growing faster than even the United States. Asian brands were toppling global giants, particularly in consumer electronics and entertainment. The megacorps which are a hallmark of the Cyberpunk stories are caricatures of the Japanese ''keiretsu''. Keiretsu were (and remain) extremely large, vertically and horizontally integrated business groups, each consolidated around their own private bank. The largest groups, such as Mitsubishi or Sumitomo, own interests in virtually every industry from farming to entertainment to heavy manufacturing. These gave rise to the ~~Cyberpunk~~ cliche of companies that are essentially superpowers, untouchable by mere governments which they have bought and paid for, and fearing only the meddling of their competitors.		Because of its origins in the late 70's and early 80's, Cyberpunk settings tend to feature Japan as a/the dominant world power. At the start of the 1980's, the Japanese economy was still rapidly growing faster than even the United States. Asian brands were toppling global giants, particularly in consumer electronics and entertainment. The megacorps which are a hallmark of the Cyberpunk stories are caricatures of the Japanese ''keiretsu''. Keiretsu were (and remain) extremely large, vertically and horizontally integrated business groups, each consolidated around their own private bank. The largest groups, such as Mitsubishi or Sumitomo, own interests in virtually every industry from farming to entertainment to heavy manufacturing. These gave rise to the cliche of companies that are essentially superpowers, untouchable by mere governments which they have bought and paid for, and fearing only the meddling of their competitors.

	Notable Cyberpunk traditional games include [[Shadowrun]], [[Cyberpunk 2020]] and [[Netrunner]]. [[GURPS\|GURPS Cyberpunk]] also exists, and the house of the writer for it was [https://boingboing.net/2015/05/08/your-cyberpunk-games-are-dange.html infamously raided by the FBI]. Cyberpunk has gotten popular again due primarily to a recent rise in cyberpunk video games: particularly Deus Ex Human Revolution, but upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 and [[Net Runner]] (made by a fa/tg/uy) also look liable to introduce the genre into the sphere of computer-aided gaming.		Notable Cyberpunk traditional games include [[Shadowrun]], [[Cyberpunk 2020]] and [[Netrunner]]. [[GURPS\|GURPS Cyberpunk]] also exists, and the house of the writer for it was [https://boingboing.net/2015/05/08/your-cyberpunk-games-are-dange.html infamously raided by the FBI]. Cyberpunk has gotten popular again due primarily to a recent rise in cyberpunk video games: particularly Deus Ex Human Revolution, but upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 and [[Net Runner]] (made by a fa/tg/uy) also look liable to introduce the genre into the sphere of computer-aided gaming.

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	{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}		{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}

			''Not to be confused with the Roleplaying game '''Cyberpunk''' by [[R. Talsorian\|R. Talsorian Games]], also commonly referred by the name of its second edition [[Cyberpunk 2020]] to not confuse with the genre itself.''

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

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	[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]		[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]

	{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}]		{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}}

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.

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	[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]		[[File:The-art-of-Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-18.jpg\|thumb\|right\|450px\|Cyberpunk may seem like it's about technology, but really, it's about power - what owning technology does to power-relations between people, nations and corporations. Huge ragged skyscrapers filled with poor people is just as cyberpunk as a mechanical arm.]]

			{{topquote\|A new life awaits you in the off world colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.\|Blade Runner}]

	Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.		Cyberpunk is a [[Setting Aesthetics\|setting aesthetic]] based on the exploitation of cutting-edge technology by human society to create [[Grimdark\|Dystopia]]. The setting takes place in [[Hive\|big-ass futuristic cities that are extremely shitty places to live, what with 80% being ghettoes and industrial sectors]]. The characters in a cyberpunk are [[Adeptus Mechanicus\|technophiles who are always at least 30% metal and cybernetics/bionics]]. Some of the most common tropes in cyberpunk are [[Necromunda\|gangs of "wired" thugs who use their built in advantages to mug people]], [[Monopoly\|massive corporations that have taken over the government]], leather-clad edgy hacker antiheroes who stumble across engineered AIs made by said corporations to wipe out the poor, and there's at least one scene with a fat guy wearing a VR set having sex with an anime waifu robot or something. Essentially, Cyberpunk is a deconstruction of the "traditional science fiction" of the 50's and 60's, especially its depiction of futuristic (often utopian) societies. Cyberpunk posits that Technology doesn't automatically make society better, because people will still treat other people like crap, and ever-advancing tech will become just another means of obtaining an advantage or fulfilling one's self-indulgences.