I don’t know where else to put this. I’m sorry if it’s in the wrong place and will move it if it’s not appropriate here.

Every time I read anything from so-called solarpunks, it reads like slightly left of centre ravings of doomsday preppers. They seem to love many of the same fascist talking points. For example, individualism self-sufficiency , which sounds a lot like the frontier cowboy fantasies of right-wing nutters. They promote what essentially is subsistence farming, which is a terrible way to live. There’s a reason this kind of shit leads to famine in developing countries. An almost enthusiastic fantasy surrounding primitism and the loss of technology. There are so many issues, I could go on. Unless I’m missing something (possible) I don’t see much appealing about solarpunk because it seems to have a delusional nostalgia for the “good old days”, much in the way conservativism does.

Is it really as crackpot as it sounds? If not, what am I missing?

  • jetAEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    You’re really negative.

    I didn’t say they were my ideas, but you’ve ascribed them to me and insulted me in the same sentence.

    Whatever better socialist future you’re envisioning, that’s great, let’s work towards a better future for everybody

        • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.orgOP
          52·
          6 months ago

          Not at all. It was as much a challenge as a question. I suspect some push back, I was just hoping I’d learn something useful. What I’m picking up is that it’s not a fully formed set of ideals agreed upon by everyone. Which I suppose I shouldn’t expect among leftists anyway lol. Thanks for the response.

      • jetAEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        Wingnut paranoia

        Your ideas don’t have a monopoly on a more sustainable future

        So you’re saying they’re my ideas, and that their wing nut paranoid ideas. That’s an insult and an attribution

        • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.orgOP
          31·
          6 months ago

          That wasn’t my intention and the quote is out of context (you left out “sounds like”) but if you want to be insulted, that’s your perogative .

          • jetAEnglish
            5·
            6 months ago

            I think a reasonable interpretation of your previous comment, was that it was intended to be insulting, and combative. Perhaps I am mistaken, and I’m willing to entertain that… But that’s my reading

            Communication is not what is intended, it is what is perceived.

            • Juno@beehaw.org
              2·
              5 months ago

              So you go around and pick on other people too and try to force your opinion on them eh?