We undoubtedly live in pretty crappy version of cyberpunk. For already quite some time. Authoritarianism and techno-feudalism are on the rise. Cristo-fascism is blooming. Rights and freedoms are being taken from us every single day. Tech is transformed purely into means of data extraction, surveillance and control. However there does not seem to be any counter-culture forming, no music or art genres with strong messages rising up against all of this. Where is the punk of today?
Rise Against started out as a Fat Wreck Chords group, and their sound and message hasn’t gone soft since they signed to a major.
And yeah, I’d put this pretty squarely in the punk rock category.