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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] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

An almost enthusiastic fantasy surrounding primitism and the loss of technology.

I would disagree with that statement. Solarpunk people aren't Amish.

Technology is ever present, but the idea is to use technology to limit its impact on nature and live more in harmony with it. For instance, a house designed to require very little heating and cooling isn't less technologically advanced as one that needs tons of HVAC.

And some solarpunk ideas of building resiliency aren't crazy ideas but are based on sound engineering design principles.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, thanks for clearing that up. I think I just got a bad impression from some posts I read and terms I may have misconstrued.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the clarification!