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[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Cyberpunk depicts a techno-integrated capitalist hellscape in the same way. They essentially take ideas to extreme conclusions to show how hellish things will get.

Steampunk's alittle different, but the satirical depiction of colonialism is pretty punk.