@Em0nM4stodonEm Here's the best I can figure:

• These stories are often told well, whch means realistic characters in all roles.
• These stories are meant as morality plays and discussions of tricky concepts. But again, they are told well, so the mechanics of the enemy's interactions make a lot of sense as well.
• Here's where I think the break is: For Scifi, we often see "This behavior and enabling technology can cause this problem. Be mindful of that." On that SAME situation, TechBro's see "This behavior and technology can enable that control. Take advantage of that."
• Flipping that, we have "This behavior and enabling technology can help you navigate this problem" , which naturally flips to "This behavior and technology could enable others to escape. Be mindful of that".

The key difference here is which the different viewers see as the desirable role and outcome. We don't want to be in 1984. They want to run 1984.