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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0jkeeqdl7q22gw8ax79e4r84e6smhz2wk3ew80ph06nljukle83ql7euty I kind of feel like it's extremely close to cyberpunk, like maybe proto-cyberpunk, so ...
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@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: To me, cyberpunk has to have an ancap world, where corporations have all the power, their own private militias, etc.

The world of Brazil isn't ancap, it's a centralized bureaucratic government. The violence is state-inflicted, not corporation-inflicted; it's still a dystopia, but to me it doesn't classify as cyberpunk.
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0jkeeqdl7q22gw8ax79e4r84e6smhz2wk3ew80ph06nljukle83ql7euty ancap might be a bit strong as I guess that would exclude japanese cyberpunk like Bubblegum Crisis and Ghost in the Shell (among many others), but putting it as "violence isn't just stat...
navi · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0jkeeqdl7q22gw8ax79e4r84e6smhz2wk3ew80ph06nljukle83ql7euty nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqysufjjd485tftr4wy2a83fqyqvtfq0yn820gl8vl6hcsdz8uv2hsu08m52 i keep forgetting there's a movie named Brazil and go "what the fuck di...