How dare they operate a business to earn profit?!

Spook Country by Gibson actually discusses the current state of virtual art installations and features radiation, popstars, nutropic meds, and what is by all appearances an amoral magical acrobat.

So we're in the Matrix only instead of being in the Matrix, we're playing Supreme Commander and instead of people, we're actually pigs? It's like the Wachowski brothers directed Animal Farm. I approve!

No no, the monsters are not the party. The monsters are the party's adversary. The aristocratic vampire leeches off the hapless working folks. The mindless horde of cannibals destroys a productive society.