Cyberpunk: themes of postmodernism, the horrors of neoliberalism, the limits of consciousness.
Steampunk: “what if I could wear an ugly hat”Steampunk: themes of self-determination, the horrors of colonialism and imperialism, the limits of human invention in a painful societal framework
Cyberpunk: “what if i could wear neon lights”Cyberpunk: what if I could dress like the matrix meets the cenobites
Steampunk: what if fancy Victorian but we slap lil brass wheels on everything and it all looks kinda sepia