Large corporations can not only own your money but also literally your soul
Even though many corporations helped build Night City to create a place that was supposed to exist as a “clean, safe, corporation-friendly city free from crime, poverty, and chaos” (Source: The World of Cyberpunk 2077, p. 88), this “helping hand” quickly became the new overlord.
The businessman and founder of Night City, then called Coronado City, Richard Night, won large corporations for his project by promising them lucrative tax benefits to stimulate the economy and create a stable foundation for future inhabitants. This began, however, in the 90s …
In 2077, after the “golden age” of 2020, several corporate wars, and the murder of its founder, Coronado City developed into the Night City known in Cyberpunk 2077: The city became a place for criminal activities, prostitution, drug trafficking, and cyberterrorism.
To maintain peace and order, a new city council was elected, whose first decision was to grant corporate security forces greater powers. To achieve this, however, the leaders of the gangs had to be eliminated, who were cleared away by unidentified mercenaries. Who paid for this? “Unknown.”
The corporations have since had more or less overt, but undeniable authority and control over the city and the lives of its inhabitants, where even death is only an obstacle, but no stop, as one learns in the game.
