Comment on One of the best parts of Cyberpunk (as a theme) is the ubiquitisation of cultures
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Keep in mind the nature of fiction. It has an obligation to create friction and conflict. Intrigue is built into a fish-out-of-water story. Reality is far stranger, and far more complex. People and culture interact in imperceivable ways, and our influence on each other isn’t something we can predict.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s a very fair point, and I agree that cultural dynamics aren’t uniform. However, the largest beacons/propagators of culture which exist have demonstrated this tendency to run the tender bits through a blender together, then spray it out indiscriminately, because it’s making them money. And, from a functional perspective, it is an effective means of doing so, because we mass-consume Content nowadays.
Honestly, this is a bit paradoxical on my end, which is why I may have expressed myself abstractly - I tend to prefer flexibility over specialisation, but this is one aspect in which I see more value in specialisation rather than flexibility. Basically, I think we’re losing repositories of undiluted culture over time, and I guess I’m just really scared of plastic…