"Government, as experienced for much of the 20th century, is largely absent from the lives of characters in cyberpunk stories. Police are a durable feature, but government services and functions beyond the security state are absent."
Enter the Cybourgeoisie Era
https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/coronavirus-cyberpunk-science-fiction-government-politics.html
Enter the Cybourgeoisie Era
https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/coronavirus-cyberpunk-science-fiction-government-politics.html
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Without that politics, we’re not just living in the prologue to a cyberpunk future. We’re living in a cybourgeoisie reality."