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Sad when dystopian fiction paints a brighter picture than real life kitty-birthday-sad

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[โ€“] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's wild that Pondsmith wrote the Cyberpunk timeline as "Gorbachev's plan worked instead of being peak dumb guy shit, so the Soviets are still around as social democrats and pretty much the only remaining actually functioning state." It's still that special liberal superimposition of cynicism and idealism, but it's also very funny.

[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Cyberpunk Red but for real, and it's about how cyberpunk USSR is cool as shit with a really high standard of living and everyone is happy and fulfilled and stuff.