The Metaverse is our generation's "opium for the masses" - it's not trying to be a context for democratic, open or free information exchange. It's trying to be a means of selling artificially scarce resources (bits) to a placid populace who deeply enjoys the experience.

How can Meta (and other Metaverse advertising companies) not be seen as an evil organization in context of the dystopian Cyberpunk futures it is so heavily influenced by?