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The progression of the genre mirrors how society in [[Real Life]] viewed technology. In [[The Eighties|the 1980s]], some people argued that the dystopian future of [[Cyberpunk]] was probable, that technology was not going to improve life; instead it was going to help '[[The Man]]' institute a world similar to that feared by the likes of [[Nineteen Eighty -Four|George Orwell]], only with more consumerism, mindless hedonism and porn advertising. [[Mega Corp|Megacorporations]] were going to stomp out individual rights and enslave creativity for the sake of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Profit]]. And [[Japan Takes Over the World|Japan was going to take over the world]]. In the 1990s and 2000s [[Real Life]], the Internet did not just become a corporate tool but fostered a community-centric individuality, allowing ordinary people the freedom and resources to express themselves and share ideas like never before. In [[The Nineties|the 1990s]], giant corporations were still extremely powerful, but they didn't become the big bad guys, and the Internet increased corporate and government scrutiny. Additionally, the open-source movement provided a grassroots technological base to ordinary people, who in turn embraced some key open software.

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* ''[[Megaman Battle Network]]'' takes place in an [[Everything Is Online]] world where Internet browsing is accomplished by using sentient programmes called [[Robot Buddy|Network Navigators]] (also known as Net Navis, or just Navis). While the world is generally bright and cheery and the protagonist and companions never stray into [[Anti -Hero|AntiHeroism]], viruses, which serve as the game series' Mooks, are horrifically common and cyber-crime is a very real threat.