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submitted 3 years ago by danileonis@lemmy.ml to c/anarchism@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] Lordbaum@mander.xyz 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I really like it for two things first It could be another radicalization vector for people inside not that radical movement's like some parts of the climate movement. And second it gives me and my comrades a vision and a world to fight for. There is a reason that optimism stands in the two first lines inside the Solarpunk manifesto.

We are solarpunks because optimism has been taken away from us and we are trying to take it back.

We are solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.

Also you are completely right with it being Anarchist:

At its core, Solarpunk is a vision of a future that embodies the best of what humanity can achieve: a post-scarcity, post-hierarchy, post-capitalistic world where humanity sees itself as part of nature and clean energy replaces fossil fuels.

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 years ago

There’s a lot of overlap with lots of schools of anarchy. I think lots of the “punk” movements have been like that though.

[-] JoeBidet@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

a desirable vision is needed.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 years ago

Solarpunk could've been an update to stale sub-ideologies of Anarchism.

In online communities Solarpunk unfortunately is associated with greenwashing soil sealing, motorised individual transport and nuclear industry and others. This status makes it a product of climate delay propaganda currently and thus unusable.

[-] 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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