Cybernetics (or technology in general) are both the hope of humanity and its likely doom through abuse by powerful interests.
Technically the Blade Runner universe is the Aliens universe too, so, don't worry, it will get worse.
What was fun was seeing children turning coughing on people into an actual game And my parents wonder why I'm determined to end this cursed line
It's also ludicrous. If Nazi Germany could figure out how to produce the necessary nitrates from domestic supply I'm pretty sure the EU can too.Now, if neo-fascist Italy was whining about not having African colonies to give them bat shit, that'd track.
China doesn't want to conquer you.(Unless you're Japanese and deny the war crimes of Imperial Japan, or Taiwanese, and exist)