Cyberpunk 2077?
Not so much
compared to today?
Edit: I’ll elaborate, the aesthetics are hopeful, the technology seems more developed than what we have today. With capitalism at the helm, pushes on tech only come if there’s profit in them, like for example, cell phones. Future tech worlds has advanced technology because it’s just believed they should.
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idk in 2041 it seems like most of the west coast is a dusty barren waste, and in the OG the natural world is so fucked real snakes are insanely rare. sure we may not get sickass holograms and hovercars, but otherwise it seems fairly grounded
the bad stuff is spot on, but the dress up of the world is where i think the aesthetic needs updating. We kinda already see capitalism shift from outspending to extracting every dollar back to the point where it gets in the way of it’s own profit generation. That dysfunction, without the prettiness of neon ‘miami nights’ light.
Maybe it’s because i still see that as a part of that 80s nostalgia.
