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Solarpunk Wants To Change the World. Should We Take It Seriously? - Can an (overly) optimistic science fiction genre help inspire a new generation of Leftists? (antoniomelonio.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by sam_uk@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk
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Can an (overly) optimistic science fiction genre help inspire a new generation of Leftists?

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[–] ramontaba@toad.social -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

@sam_uk OK, but if the solarpunk is a genre of science fiction, where are the solarpunk novels?
And any movement to be treated seriously should avoid taking communists on board.

[–] sam_uk 6 points 1 year ago

Arguably Walkaway by Cory Doctorow?

[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Solarpunk is anarchist, and communists/anarchists have a…messy history.

[–] match@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Check out Psalm for the Wild-Built!

[–] vsis@feddit.cl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see anarchist point of views in steampunk and cyberpunk. So I expect the same solarpunk. But haven't read the first novel yet neither.

If a novel appears with traditional leftist/communist approach it would be very cringe. A lot of steampunk stories are about evil oligarchs vs adventurous heroes, without the need of falling in commie fallacies.