What do you think about solarpunk? (lemmy.ml)

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I recently readed more about it, and the association with anarchy was immediate.

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[-] Jummit@lemmy.one -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I love the aesthetic and ideas, but personally I couldn't get into it that much. It ~~seems~~ feels too unrealistic and a little like greenwashing (renewable energy and other high-tech is core to the ideology).

A book featuring the style which I really liked was A Psalm for the Wild-Built.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago

How is it greenwashing? Greenwashing is capitalism pretending to be eco friendly. Solarpunk is explicitly anti capitalist.

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Solarpunk is very vulnerable to greenwashing, it's happening now. AOC is "solarpunk" FYI. She's cool and all, but when politicians in the imperial core are "solarpunk".... yeah...

There's also a very technocratic susceptibility to exploitation. I see for example, lots of hydrogen propaganda making its way into solarpunk spaces. Basically, it's not super dogmatic, which has lots of benefits but also leaves it to be heavily exploited and co-opted, giving a "solarpunk but capitalist" greenwashing campaign a very easy path

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