The Cyberpunk Genre as a Forecast of the Development of Capitalism

Abstract

This article examines the development of the capitalist system through the prism of the cyberpunk genre. For every year humanity is approaching the world order it used to criticize in the twentieth century. Trans-corporations are currently making considerable impact on both domestic and foreign policy of a state. At the same time, the sphere of high technologies as the basis for the development of society remains in the hands of a small group of individuals and states that have contributed to the development of technology in our computer era. And the things conceived and implemented in cyberpunk are being reflected in the real world.