Decided to read some Solarpunk fiction, and it's the most communist thing I've ever read. Not sure if it's all that way, or just the anthology I happened to pick. The first story is like "I (xeh/xer) used AR gadgetry to hack a smart building made by CAPITALISTS to lock them out and used it to house homeless queer youth instead."
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Lol rip
I thought Solarpunk is just Mediterraneans building robots before Siesta.
the aesthetics of solarpunk are great until you realize this.
I have that same annoying feeling from The Three Body Problem but decided to reas through it for it also has some interesting ideas.
The show on Netflix was quite good. I actually interpreted it as a criticism on communism, as the repression caused a protagonist to act against her own species’ interest out of spite
I only saw a few episodes, decided to rather read the book
At least the german translation of the three body problem is quiet critically to the communist regime. I was quiet impressed, when some chinese tourists in the train told me the author is still living in china.
And first and for most, it is a science novel, that includes a lot of science and explains it beautiful.
The ironic part is they don’t have kids so if they get what they want they won’t even have the luxury of having babies to eat like their comrades in Stalingrad did. Truly worse off than the previous generations
Did never hear the word Solarpunk. But great to see punks advancing.
Defnitly has lot of core communist ideas. But I think it is important to see, that a direct democratic communism or federatad communal utopia does not have to lead to authoritarian regimes.
But I also do not beleave, that any extreme philosophy is great in bringing peace of minde to society and feed them well. I think it is rather the ongoing discussion between pure capitalism and rules to prohibit expoitation, that leads societies to chance equality and wealth.
I've never dipped into "Solarpunk" but thanks for putting a toe in the waters...
It's always frustrating when heavy-handed politics are injected into science fiction. Unless it's libertarian politics. 😁