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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
Somewhat OT
You know, with only a small number of corporations left to supply equipment and the fact that those corporations are huge multi-national entities with considerable power to sway governments, it seems to me that the world has reached the problems of the Cyberpunk genre of games* - except we seem to have got them about 10-20 years ahead of Cyberpunk storylines.
* As in, corporations fighting dirty to sell their product even if it means foisting off any old crap to the customer - the product is not important, the sale is paramount.
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As in Mike Pondsmith's Cyberpunk 2020 series? Its only 5 years away and there are already many parallels.