And no, it’s not a self-own. If they knew anything about the cyberpunk genre, specifically 2077’s take on Cyberpunk, they’d know that the future was designed from the perspective of politics and culture in the 80s. That’s why people still smoke cigarettes in 2077, instead of the vapes we use today.
but shit, they think criticising the USSR isn’t punk, so what do I know.
If the USSR still existed, they’d probably be ranting against it. It was literally “the man.”
If the USSR still existed, and they were in it, they’d be in prison for being “degenerates”
“I work in a factory. My job is to assemble washing machines. But I’m very bad at it. Every time I finish one, it turns into a tank!” - my great-grandfather’s own experience in a Soveit “home appliance” factory.
“Wow clearly this is meant as Pro-US Propaganda against our Glorious USSR, because definitely the game doesn’t imply that the Cyberpunk era US and capitalism in general is self-cannibalizing insanity!” - most media literate tankie
