It's also going to be interesting making these distinctions because some of what we like so very much about CP2020 and by extension, 2077, is it's realism and real-world factors.
Unlike in the Witcher series where you might debate which country represented which real-world version here and which leader stood for whom, Cyberpunk is set in the real world, real people are mentioned and real-world events influence Cyberpunk events.
There are also many very clear parallels that are important to the CP setting, such as the failure of the U.S. to learn from Vietnam and to then do it again, even worse this time, in South and Central America in Cyberpunk 2020.
The entire state of the U.S.A. in 2020 and 2077 is going to be very political. The construction of that setting is going to be very political. Where does Saburo Arasaka get his motivation from? The failure of the Japanese duing WW2. It drives him and alhough it's unlikely he's alive by 2077, it informs the operationsof Arasaka in every way..
I get where you guys are coming from, but CP2020 is very political with real-world politics informing the game world. This might be attentuated by 2077, but if they are trying to keep the "feel" of CP2020, then that is going to involve corporate politics over-riding human rights concerns, (political), the dominance of the Europeans over the U.S. and Japan, ( political) and of course nearly anything a real Rockerboy does is influenced by politics.
What I'm saying is that if you close every thread that wanders into political territory as the game develops, that's going to be a lot of throttling.Which would be too bad. There are some really interesting discussions to have vis-a-vis current US economy and Cyberpunk predictions, as well as the resurgence of the European state.