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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?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not negative, I'm skeptical. Also, where did I insult you?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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 .

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago