It's kind of annoying that 'cyberpunk' and 'governpunk' are etymologically so closely related to each other.

[riley@toot.cat]

It's kind of annoying that 'cyberpunk' and 'governpunk' are etymologically so closely related to each other.

[spv@mastodon.spv.sh]

@riley i've never heard "governpunk" before

[riley@toot.cat]

@spv That's because the combination of high governance and low life was not a popular topic among the WEIRD people before Wednesday.

[spv@mastodon.spv.sh]

@riley Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic -- or just weird

[riley@toot.cat]

@spv The Global North. The part of theworld that used to imagine that large-scale corruption happens in the parts of the world that they can not care about.