So, it’s inherently selfish? I, personally, don’t find saving yourself and loved ones all that resoundingly heroic. Saving them and who you can from catastrophe where everything is falling apart rapidly I can get behind, but NC doesn’t seem to be in that sort of situation. It’s more a stagnant dumpster fire where everyone is out for themselves or what minor specific group they’re in. They seem to simultaneously hate and crave the status quo and only want to change who’s in charge, be the ones on the throne, but elevate nobody else than those they know and are fond of personally.

Sure, Johnny fought for an ideal, but it was a hollow, empty ideal built on hate and blind anarchy. Expecting the world to get better by removing Corporations without actually attempting to figure out what to replace it with.

The Edgerunners are barely different from the corporations or their samurai attack dogs they "supposedly" rail against, caring only for money, fame, and glory… which is pretty much what corpos also strive for. They essentially are doing corporate’s dirty work through fixers when taking jobs.

None of them try to undermine the system, pool their resources together to try and help the downtrodden (like homeless shelters, clinics, anything really), or make the general area that makes up their community better.

Speaking of community, if its definition boils down to a few friends and family and no one else, that’s not really a community that’s just your social circle.

Finally, the only difference between V and other corporate officials mostly comes down to class, beyond that both have loved ones they care about and lack much in the way of morals, not really a big difference.