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52 points

He’s effectively right, but the neoliberal future depicted is emphatically a dystopia, characterized by widespread slums and rampant poverty. So, like the present global neoliberalism, but in space and with a stronger jazz / blues musical aesthetic.

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But wouldn’t it be neat if harmonicas played whenever you entered a dusty old town in a space habitat?

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31 points

Slide guitar when I spend a week’s earnings on a simple bowl of noodles

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I never paid attention to how expensive everything is in cowboy bebop, but that is a major through line isn’t it?

Have to hunt down a mass murderer to afford mushrooms in my ramen.

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34 points

Don’t forget one character being saddled with debt at the moment of their rebirth from cryosleep

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Those things are all good to neolibs, signifiers of a strong economy or whatever they’re saying this week

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7 points

100% employment is an uthinkable catastrophy to the neoliberal.

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