An observation about the media response to the killing of UHC CEO Brian Thompson...

[Jedi Guy]

67. A lot of cyberpunk and futuristic science fiction deals with out-of-control corporate power.

Shadowrun, for instance, which originated in the late 80s and early 90s, is a tabletop RPG setting in which magic returns to the world in 2012, resulting in elves, dwarves, orcs, and trolls (commonly known as metahumans) existing alongside baseline humans, hypertechnology, magical creatures like dragons, etc. One of the key themes is that corporations are as powerful, if not more powerful, than national governments and are intrinsically entwined with national governments. Many of the "megacorps" have standing military forces that rival or outmatch national militaries. The United Corporate Council, made up of AAA megacorps, has more military and political power than the United Nations.

Another more recent example would be Cyberpunk 2077, a video game that launched a few years back and is based on the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG. It lacks the magic/fantasy elements of Shadowrun, but otherwise it's very similar in how corporations are presented. One of the corporations in the game, Arasaka, has a blue-water navy that includes an aircraft carrier.

I remarked to my best friend a few years back that the early 21st century as we've experienced it feels an awful lot like the prologue to a dystopian sci-fi or cyberpunk story. It's great for those atop the corporate ladder; not so much for the rest of us...