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What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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"Orphan Crushing Machine" completes the trilogy.
Enshittification belongs in this club, too.
The OCM is my favorite, especially because it is expendable both when confronting fascists and the others (for their inaction, masked as good will).
Earlier today the LEPF made the difficult decision to order a temporary reduction of the Orphan Crushing Machine to 20% of normal operating speed, so as to facilitate the high boot demands of the brand new Torment Nexus.
"While we can not crush their bodies with this new approach, we can crush their spirits incredibly effectively." said Oligarch Extraordinaire and infamous Tech Mogul, our friend Mueter Eel.
OMG new continuity just dropped. The Enlightened Centrist party is sure that the answer is to establish a happy balance between the Orphan Crushing Machine and the Torment Nexus.