Is this the Subculture of the Future?

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Cyberpunks and Cybergoth exist somewhere between reality and fiction - a subculture that prides itself on its technological savviness and low life behaviour. Today we explore the subculture of the future.
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[@edwardfletcher7790]

Jules Verne died in 1905, so he didn't release any books in the 1930's - 50's LMAO 😂

[@D.H.critters]

Did you mean solopunk, or solarpunk? I was trying to find more information about solopunk but only thing that appears is solarpunk. Maybe it was a typo on your video. Great video tho 🙂

[@GoldemPerspectiveMC]

Pretty sure u meant Solarpunk mate

[@adcpf1844]

I watched your level 5 climb up video, the hardest move. I'm a card magician, the thing you put a bunch of practice in and takes time looks nothing lay people. To lay people they don't know how hard something is that look so routine.

[@kylereece1979]

I think the brilliant "Synthwave" scene on YT has definitely flourished a Cyberpunk scene. Musicians like Perturbator, Timecop 1983, and things like the Drive movie soundtrack have created a sort of Imaginary , fantasized aesthetic, image of what people want the 80s to have been like. Its like the brilliant soundtrack to an imaginary past, with future visions mixed together.

[@anon2034]

Well put!

[@yahya123ftw]

Definitely! I’ve always been intrigued by the elements of cyberpunk before I even knew what it was. YT definitely helped me explore it more

[@sbshaunb95]

Still love the Drive soundtrack

[@SDXStudio]

Great way of putting it!

[@SDXStudio]

@@sbshaunb95 I'm so glad there are other people out there who feel exactly like I do. I'll never know who you are- you probably live across the world from me. But at least I know someone out there somewhere is listening to the Drive soundtrack.

[@eurogunslinger]

I once saw an argument that people find cyberpunk so appealing because "we have dystopia, but not the neon". We don't have the tech of a cyber-dystopia, but we have a harsh divide between rich and poor. In South Korea we have Samsung, which could be considered one of the first so called "Mega-Corps" with small children wanting to work in Samsung. Here in Croatia, you got the police that don't give a shit, and a very corrupt government that you can end up with a hefty ticket if you critisize them.

[@AtZero138]

Well said.. cheers from Southern California.. Regardless of where, the Working Class are of the same breed..

[@homeopathicfossil-fuels4789]

I'm sorry to tell you but we have lived in a cybernetic nightmare since at least the turn of the millennium. The stock market has been dominated by fully automated AI traders since the mid-late 00's and there are things you dont want to know and that I dont want to tell that have been done to us all since the beginning of the war on terror. We do have a cybernetic dystopia. In the context of the interdisciplinary field of control systems theory, biology, psychology and social studies, the study of "systems that are under control" (cybernetics is derived from the same word that the island of Cyprus derives its name from, it means something along the lines of "helmsman", cybernetics deals with the "study of the way/workings of the helmsman) we definitely live in a dystopia that springs from malignant and/or dysfunctional interaction of systems and the exploitative behavior of actors within that system.

[@vinnyplace1269]

Jimmy the giant got a giant stack of them uploads he be sitting on. Mad love for the hustle . Thanks JTG

[@gnrl_mayhem]

Would have been good to mention Cyberpunk 2077 was based on the RPG Cyberpunk 2020. The setting of Night City, Johnny Silverhand were all from the game.

[@ricks5756]

There is also the entire Vaporwave/Synthwave/Retrowave/Neonwave aesthetic ... Nether Cyberpunk ( 1988 ), nor any of the other art styles ending in "punk", have gained much traction in popular culture for very long before being forgotten about.

[@VersusArdua]

Why I like Cyberpunk is because it's sci-fi's pessimistic response to corporate culture. Something which 2077 touches on really well imo It removes itself from the campy nature of a future like Star Trek's and puts the viewer into a dark and gritty future which seems grounded in a realism that we're yet to truly see, but are already in the midst of.

[@j.d.4697]

Cyberpunk is just taking today's reality and taking all of it to bigger extremes with technology.

[@ComicusFreemanius]

Always amazed by the way Jimmy can define something that's so obscure.

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

His definition sucks in likening cyberpunk to emo. Transhumanism is leading to a real cyberpunk society. It really isn't that far off

[@uzikun]

@@aspartamekillsyaknow9019 you understand

[@badconnection4383]

@@aspartamekillsyaknow9019 It kinda is emo, cyberpunk is a depressing and nihilistic genre. It deals with themes of corporate corruption, advancement of technology at the cost of the sense of self, and the futility of revolution. That's as emo as it gets.

[@aspartamekillsyaknow9019]

@@badconnection4383 nah, emo is about throwing tantrums, not being in control of emotions and refusing to be an adult...or at least that's how I interpret that. When emo became mainstream I was way past that crybaby phase. Closest emo music I identified with was Korn, Lincoln Park and Papa Roach. I didn't like the feminisation aspect of the whole emo scene. Had I have been younger, I may have been influenced by it. Cyberpunk fights against the system. Emo cries about it

[@badconnection4383]

@@aspartamekillsyaknow9019 "Emo" PEOPLE cry about the system, emo as a genre points it out. Cyberpunk is the advanced stage of that which is why there are rarely any happy endings in this genre. Because you may fight the system but there is ALWAYS something lurking in the shadows, waiting to undo what you have done. You defeated Capitalism? Congrats, get ready for Ing-Soc, You defeated Ing-Sog, Congrats, get ready to defeat the anarchist hell you created.

[@pm-5565]

I love Retrofuturism and mainly the retro aesthetics and the post-apocalyptic and, as Jimmy says, the high tech low life story aspect of the late 70s to late 80s which is for the most part all Cyberpunk but I struggle with the fact that people tend to just call Cyberpunk anything that is retrofuturistic. Like for example the Fallout series which is a great example of Atompunk, or the Bioshock series of which 1 and 2 are mainly Biopunk and the Infinite game is mainly Dieselpunk with some hints of Steampunk, and well Cyberpunk 2077 should be an easy guess. And even though there are a handful of derived aspects of Cyberpunk that can exist in other retrofuturistic settings or even outside them they are not all-encompassing and only target small aspects of the Retrofuturism, e.g Biopunk is synthetic life forms and Biotech (like cyborgs and technology that enhances/cures life forms in many different ways), Tech-noir is just a Noir story in a cyberpunk setting or Nanopunk which is just Nano technology so in reality it should be a sub-genre of the Boipunk sub-genre; so they don't tend to be separate from Cyberpunk itself but they can be. So I do understand that it's not hard at all to be confused with a bunch of it. And I know it's just nerd talk to most people but saying Fallout is Cyberpunk is no different than saying Metallica is Classic Rock or saying that Skrillex is Techno, there are different music genres for a reason. I don't know if by coincidence or not but just like cyberpunk the term Retrofuturism which encapsulates all forms of these kind of sci-fi representations was also coined in 1983 (allegedly). Great video as always Jimmy, you actually did a great job for this one and the recall to the Cybergoths was a good bit of nostalgic fun, I sadly was one of those that took time out of his day to mock that infamous group of German Cybergoths "dancing" under a bridge on KZbin when it blew up... They didn't ask for it they were just having fun in their own way.

[@lexc1560]

People are calling Fallout Cyberpunk?

[@zerosk8er453s]

Appreciate all the insights. Thanks!

[@MicBain81]

My favourite cyberpunk comic is Transmetropolitan, it's like cyberpunk meets Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The main character Spider Jerusalem is crazy.

[@noconcept5735]

That's my all time favourite comic/gn! Filthy assistants.

[@chrislail3824]

Love what your channel has turned into and it’s great to see a few quick releases from you

[@tracyminajjjj]

patrick cc type transformation

[@loganstroganoff1284]

As soon as I saw this I wondered if you'd mention cyberdog and you did! I was in London in December and randomly happened upon it walking thru camden market. Stepped inside and wow..not my thing but it was impressive. Felt like stepping back in time to a late 90s/early 2000s cyberpunk movie! If you're in Camdentown it's definitely worth a look!

[@ukppgames]

My guy going HAM with the uploads at the moment. Big up for the hard work!

[@Burnitdownnn]

Great work once more, Jimmy! I've no idea how you manage to pump out videos of this quality one after the other but it's rly great work. Cheers!

[@j4nk3n]

I used to know a few people that were all about cybergoth clothing and music but as soon as there wasnt a rave to go to their clothing was just regular vanilla "alternative" type stuff, i think even they realise you cant exactly pop out for groceries dressed like that 😅

[@CoffinNachtmahr]

You must not live somewhere shitty enough sprinkled with shiny things. It makes cyberpunks make sense quickly also look at the rampant explosion of tech

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

Absolutely killing it Jimmy. Love your work!

[@MechaJutaro]

Great video as always, Jimmy!!! I'm going to play devil's advocate on a couple of points. 1. AI and Cybernetics... The evidence is pretty damning that the former has come nowhere close to passing The Turing Test, and isn't likely to, thus won't be taking over the planet anytime soon. In regards to human beings and machines merging: That's been happening for centuries in some capacity. Using eyewear to correct our vision and mechanical pacemakers are two examples 2. We're bombarded with headlines constantly regarding the growing gap between the haves and the have nots. Fact is though, more people across the planet enjoy lives which are firmly middle class than at anytime in history. Technology in no small part has made this possible

[@scottlette]

Cyberpunk also had strong roots in the counter-cultural art scene of the 1980s and 1990s as well. Ugh, the poetry readings!

[@ecospider5]

Fantastic overview. I learned a lot.

[@theopamphlet4273]

Do one one bike life please

[@venetiancopper6032]

Yes, specifically talking about Bosozuko gangs from the 80s to nowadays.

[@nofood1]

RRdblocks

[@ZP1993]

That would be cool. I'd also like a video about rockers and mods of the 60s. Maybe even a comparison of rockers and mods with modern bike life subculture,since the former two were also centered around bikes (rockers had cafe racer motorcycles and mods had scooters).

[@Midtable1881]

Loving the videos Jimmy! Could I recommend you do a video on the ‘Big Gat Gypsy’ craze of the early 2010s? It started with the wedding shows and ended with the Dale farm incident.

[@mildsoup8978]

Jimmy pumping out the vids, I love it!

[@IrishKingzz]

Loving all the uploads.

[@MCJamZam]

Never knew about "solarpunk" before, super cool stuff! Playing around with the concept in Midjourney produces some truly inspiring results

[@silverbane8065]

There is solarpunk music too. I have a long compilation in my synthwave chill playlist with that in the name. Its chill, but cheerfully.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

There's also something called biopunk

[@silverbane8065]

@@marcusblackwell2372 and steampunk, dieselpunk, magipunk, saberpunk... We get a steampunk weekend most years locally, town gets flooded with brassed up Victorians lol.

[@spriteznate]

Three straight days of videos by Jimmy. This is gonna be a great week man

[@13thcentury]

Love cyberpunk. 100% That and medieval are my favourite. I wrote 2 cyberpunk novels. Self pub. A few grammar errors. Didn't do well. But loved writing them.

[@elliotphillips4209]

Loving the daily uploads

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Say what you want about cybergoth/punk, the affiliated music is pure 🔥🔥🔥

[@Mickey_Valentine]

Nice one Jimmy 👌

[@cerberus.talking]

Wow great content. Love to combine synthwave vibes with phonk roughness

[@Obsiqax]

Oh Damn I was hoping for a vid on this

[@LontrinhaOzadaotaria]

8:55 Thanks Jimmy, you just gave me an idea for my new haircut kk

[@geemy9675]

captions hesitate between cyber god and cyber golf...

[@lil_robbie]

bro you or your editor turned solarpunk into solopunk at 12:22 in the text xD

[@greenhowie]

Someone give this man enough money to not have to use Watchmojo clips in his videos. Triggering my PTSD man.

[@hector4818]

Love ur vids

[@ianmiddleton8199]

Smashed it 😀

[@Terik17]

i really didn't expect this one to end on solarpunk but i love the art that's out there for it!

[@alexanderveritas]

*_Cybercringe._* _”This video was partially written by AI.”_ My man fully admitting he gone lazy. Gotta respect the hustle.

[@lonesomemushroom7938]

If a Jimmy The Giant video doesn't start with "This video is sponsored by Squarespace" is it even him?

[@sh1ngirai]

Great video, as usual.

[@SSJPENGUIN]

Nice video, as always

[@musashifckoff]

i do enjoy optimism, but the main problem is that if we don't begin today to fight for that bright future, then we can only be pessimist about it. That's all i have to say.

[@SombreroPharoah]

Optimistic-Nihilistic realism. "We should hope for the best, try for the best. Even if we are, and probably are, totally Fd". Or "The glass is half empty, the half that's full. Is full with p*ss. But... We can always refill, or fill up the rest the way. Whether we fill it with the same, or take it to Crystal water is up to us. Either way we have to drink it, and it's our choice thatll make that palatable or poison"

[@CoreDump451]

I count shows like Mr Robot as Cyberpunk, even though it takes place in our current time. It has a lot of the elements of cyberpunk

Awesome content.

[@Horcrux_maker]

I think one of the biggest cyberpunk influences, particularly in the uk,was 2000AD,Judge Dredd,Sinister Dexter...great stuff

[@MathewMoss-fp9ju]

Im a cybergoth cyberpunk and transhumanist gotta say well put together videos well represented especially the music scene in the goth and cybergoth / cyberpunk scene although some of the EBM Industrial is either war or anti war or inhumanity and horror show vibes with bands like suicide commando and funker vogt the nuances are deep and varied from band to band

[@chrislail3824]

Being a teenager in the 90’s I read the novels and played the games, now I’m watching this on my phone and my friend just got a brain implant to help with his Parkinson’s. It’s also hella dystopian. I wanted more light up clothing, but I do live in a very cyberpunk world.

[@konspiracykid]

No mention of William Gibson? That AI aint clever enough 😂

[@andreymisyutin535]

Always nice when the giant drops 3 bangers in a row out of nowhere.

[@thundercarrot179]

You should make a video about a subculture from the 1400s

[@oscarfyrk9167]

Great vid! Pretty sure it is solarpunk though not solopunk as it focuses on clean energy like solar power.

[@3p1Kf41L]

Hg Wells and Jules Verne rose to prominence in the late 19th century not the 30s-50s

[@TheLeemaVids]

I am glad that techwear was mentioned

[@janeweightman9863]

My English literature got us to read Neuromancer by William Gibson during A Level, I wrote an essay contrasting it with Hamlet of all things.

[@BresciGaetano]

Enlighted teacher he seem. I love Shakespeare too, what was your take on it. I'm curious

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

I would've went with comparing Neuromancer to Tempest ;p

[@BresciGaetano]

@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 in Gibson narrative one thing i always loved is the structures of his books (not in the short novels). He seem to follow a scheme where he follow 3 storylines of 3 differents characters. It's quite difficultà to follow at first jumping from chapter to chapter in apparently random stories. Slowly they start to grow up in 3 intricate path that at the end of the book will inevitabely converge in a unic resolution where their past actions and motivations influence eachother.

[@zmdeadelius]

Hello, friend, thanks for ending it off on such a positive note. It's 'solarpunk', however, not 'solopunk' (12:23) :-)

[@gorilllaa]

Video idea; What about talking about urbex? The only problem I can think of is its potentially limited amount of content and the less than usual duration of the video that it can make, i believe you should give it a try tho Like if you agree

[@anothersettlementneedsyour9628]

Any cyberpunk fans looking for cyberpunk music, some recommendations where to start Classic - Chrome, Kraftwerk before 1973, Throbbing Gristle, Tubeway Army, Einstrüzende Neubauten Golden age - Front 242, Die Krupps, Nine Inch Nails, Butthole Surfers, Atari Teenage Riot, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, Rammstein, Psyclon 9, Gary Numan, Oomph!, Powerman 5000, Korn - Path of Totality album, Henzel und Gretyl, Berzerker, Wednesday 13 New - Igorrr, Poppy, Shining (Norway), Breathcontrol, Lord of The Lost, Horskh, Burst Synapse, Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop, Drumcorps, Whourkr, Mulk, Circus Maximus, Hardcore Anal Hydrogen, Melted Bodies, Squidpisser, Yves Tumor, Mikau, Gimpking, Blood Stain Child

[@DrtyALGreen]

This makes me understand Keef in the Righteous Gemstones now, they were Cyber Goths. It was already one of my favorite parts, now I can laugh and understand it more.

[@danmwanzia2190]

i'm loving this sub-culture uploads

[@Ithaca-vv5dy]

Discovered you through your discussion with the strong independent woman, Destiny. Absolutely loving your stuff

[@therealMrPinky123]

you should make more videos on action sports and action sport heroes like you used to.

[@amazanta1605]

I’m hoping u do a vid on the midnight club street racing in Japan and I’m hoping u don’t burn out from the abundance of vids

[@oOfretlessOo]

Cyberpunk world is so grim because everything man-made is or eventually becomes faulty because for one mechanisms can't repair themselves, algorithms do only what they are told to or within the defined bonds and we can't comprehend intricate and necessary links between natural processes to make them error free. Not even with man-made AI. By circuitbending nature we could achieve max benefit but it slowly ruins natural cycles and all goes wrong once system encounters error that it can't mitigate in time or human developers have forgotten source code over decades. BTW the oposite to cyberpunk would be described in book "West of Eden" where instead of inanimate technology they had living organisms adjusted by means of deliberate mutation and used them as tools that being alive could heal on their own and could self adjust to local biom and be beneficial to it.

[@Dan-mm1yl]

I am from the year 2300 we can message back in time but cant yet travel back in time Hi👋

[@Iraia_Roberts]

When implants can operate the way our mobile phones do including Bluetooth & Wi-Fi functions; we can then say we're in the cyberpunk age. Controlling your TV remote & appliances by thought would be the ultimate.

[@Mr-Eloda]

Ah yes that's some very good musics you got there.

[@Snarffu]

I need to ask. Is you scheduling inspired by the sales pattern of Cream eggs?

[@marshalltucker9690]

Partly written by ai? What parts and can you be open and show the behind the scenes of the process of incorporating the ai writing

[@NoName-ym5zj]

We do live in the future though, like we got soldiers wearing VR helmets controlling kamikaze drones and shit. Not too long ago this was only possible in some sci-fi movie.

[@therealSunTzu]

Nah, we need the futurier future. Time where busses fly and you could get robot legs that let them run like 30mph at walmart. Where asia servers in games are seen as the good option, because we have to deal with ping from servers on the moon. That kind of future

[@NoName-ym5zj]

@@therealSunTzu omg sun tzu, wise words!

[@vylbird8014]

Cyberpunk's premise is that the future brings technology, but doesn't solve social problems - if anything, it exacerbates them. The rich get richer, the poor stay poor, wars continue but the weapons get flashier. You might get a self-driving car, but you're still going to have to make the loan payments on it, and it's still going to be driving you towards a miserable job with a boss you hate. The heroes of cyberpunk stories are characters who use their great technical skill to fight back against the corrupt corporate powers, totalitarian police state and other agents of all that is wrong with the world. They reclaim the promise of technology as an agent for liberation.

[@7spee373]

can we get another rollerblading video? maybe an update on where your progression is now. i hope you stuck with it

[@LucasDimoveo]

Obligitory parkour athlete supporting a fellow member of the community with a comment.

[@real.maxxing]

In the future, technology advances whilst morality declines. Sadly, it is happening today and will continue indeterminately.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Decline, human society always acts the same, there really hasn't been any change other than technology has given people more to time to gripe about fewer and fewer problems

[@davidpeltier9148]

@JimmyTheGiant I saw your videos on LARPing and Nerd Culture. Can you do one on the Rise of Otaku/Anime Culture and how that became really popular today?

[@Snitchie]

I member we played Cybrpunk RPG with books and dice, 1990 (Cyberpunk 2020). 12 year old snitchie :D good times.

[@smithyMcjoe]

I've always said, we must move industry off earth and into space. Yes it would be costly and difficult, but the manufacturing scope would be greatly improved and we would be able to create more complex and intricate super materials and therefore even expand further outward and we could turn good old Terra Firma into a garden planet a veritable paradise.

[@sc1the]

Solarpunk seems super cool and something I’ll have to look into

[@diandradeeke]

i am writing a solapunk novel with comedy elements right now

[@CIRCAFANVID]

The giant is about to hit 300k❤

[@metalmonkey0026]

Would love to see you do a video on metalheads

[@MintRye]

I love Cyberpunk culture, definitely need to get more clothes & really get myself immersed into it.

[@murphybartle592]

Just letting you know that the books and authors you mentioned are from the 1800s

[@j.peters1222]

"FUTURE...FUTURRRREEE!" -Squidward Tentacles

[@lil_robbie]

next video on solarpunk pls?

[@davidglenn2739]

Brilliant video mate! No disrespect, but initially, I thought you were just another silly KZbinr. I had no idea you were capable of much deeper, intelligent and philosophical prose. Kudos!

[@robsthedon]

C’mon the Solar Punks. We are counting on you.

[@Zer0ThePlagueDoc]

I don't mind the look but jeezus the dancing looks like they're having seizures lol

[@adamfrazer5150]

👌 System Shock intro 😌

[@diandradeeke]

as a huge science fiction fan i always thought cybergoth is pretty cool but at the same time also very embarrassing and scary.

[@trashman1358]

Cyberpunk and Cybergoths are different. Got ya. Cyberpunk is like Emo's in the future. Eh? Didn't Emo's evolve from Goths whereas Cyberpunk comes from, er, Punks? 🙃 To drill down further Cyberpunk was written (short story) in 1980 by a guy called: Bruce Bethke. Cybergoths are a subculture of Goth, heavily influenced by dance and rave who have incorporated elements of Goth, Raver, Rivethead, and Cyberpunk subcultures. Although I would consider the argument that Cyberpunk isn't actually a subculture of anything as it exists in art (movies, tv and writing) but I've never met anyone who states: "I'm a Cyberpunk!" gotta be someone somewhere though I suppose. I guess the closest thing we've got in reality to a Cyberpunk are the folks programming and hacking as part of the dark net? But I don't think their all yellow Mohicans, bright coloured clothes, got bits of metal sticking out of them and spend the night shooting up corporations. But, it must be said, Cybergoths are the coolest (in my opinion) looking party revellers! Cool vid though dude and very cool visuals!

[@liamalldridge9072]

Video quality of a 10M+ subs channel growth impending

[@nobodysfoultbutmine]

Jimmy can you do a video about solarpunk?

[@vylbird8014]

There wouldn't be very much to say about it. It's pretty pictures and not much going on behind them.

[@AtZero138]

For those afraid.. of Tech.. imagine a world.. humans armed with Squirt Guns.. your computer hates water and it fears it

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

I think we need more positive science fiction franchises where technology and science is not perceived as evil.

[@Real_MisterSir]

I believe a core theme that may arise (and is already showing some of its signs) is that technology is merely neutral, and can enable both good and evil depending on the choices we make - rather than it being a directly one-sided theme. More works that operate in shades of grey, rather than black and white, are already presenting themselves in both cinematic and videogame space.

[@raingulfdrengot195]

solarpunk?

[@Monkechnology]

​​@@raingulfdrengot195Solarpunk is pretentious and lame af

[@VersusArdua]

Sounds dull tbh. Who wants a world with no conflict?

[@wearesolarpunks4158]

How about you present Solarpunk more in detail in your next video? :)

[@Vibrantly_Monochromatic]

what movie is at 12:47?

[@squeakau4365]

yes

[@VaporRonin]

One thing I am gonna call bull on is the Cyberpunk Genre spawning from those other genres specifically, though it's debatable. But it existed since around... the 60s if I'm correct but not necessarily called Cyberpunk, it's possible that the title just changed around as it is still Essentially Science Fiction, but it's more socially critical and philosophically enabled than it's counterparts through its own commentary. I would say modern America and I would also like to blame the UK for turning it into a joke and a trend rather than something to be approached seriously and with a thinking mind. Especially since the dynamics of what being "Punk" is in the modern sense compared to people's ideas.... it's a conversation alot of people will go out of their way to avoid. Basically the punk aspect of Cyberpunk that it is a more pessimistic and realistic approach to telling man not to go to far in trying to essentially transcend his own existence. It talks about the things we should not glorify or chase instead of enjoying life right here, right now, because change or no change man is one pathetic, evil, piece of crap. But the silver lining is always there, in some way, usually internally.

[@requiemagent3014]

You kinda missed to define what Cyberpunk actually means. Which most people dont know. Cyberpunk goes hand in hand with endstage capitalism. Not a political statement, feel free to Google this term. We are currently in the beginning states of this era. Cyberpunk always takes place at the end of this era. When everything is basically f up already. Cyberpunk 2077 portrays this rather well despite all it's shortcomings. So I kinda fail to see why anyone wants to live in a Cyberpunk universe. It's a living nightmare. That is the whole point. It's not suppose to be pleasant for a vast majority of people.

[@rootfish2671]

This. Cyberpunk is supposed to be a nightmarish dystopian near future.