Why Cyberpunk Cops Run Our Future

FREE TOYS OR GIFT CARDS FOR TOYS! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with @bellesaco wins something! https://www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/ant... #bbpartner Cyberpunk has a lot of cops. Officers and law are vital parts of sci-fi dystopian futures, and the world as imagined by William Gibson and several other creators sees a world where tech gets better but life gets worse. But what's really fascinating is comparing how cyberpunk is in the west AND the east. Why is Japanese cyberpunk, from anime like Ghost in the Shell and Akira to horror like Tetsuo the Iron Man so drastically different in so many ways to Western cyberpunk...but in one key way, so similar? Thumbnail ‪@thecrimsonender‬ Editing ‪@WhatIfUniverse‬ Line Reads ‪@thecrimsonender‬ ‪@MarzGurl‬ 0:00 American Cyberpunk Police (Blade Runner, Robocop) 4:40 Ad-Read 6:42 The Origins of American and Japanese Cyberpunks 11:50 Technology 15:01 Class Divide (Akira, Bubblegum Crisis) 18:08 A World Where Machines Are Out of Control (Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Dirty Pair) 24:29 Ghost in the Shell 30:38 A Police Story