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[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

First off, solarpunk is literally a literary AND art protest movement in direct response to the greed that is fueling climate change and harming the earth.

https://builtin.com/articles/solarpunk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk

Punk is a music AND art protest movement that is in direct opposition to consumerism and greed that exploits the working class in interest of profit.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_subculture https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock

Gatekeeping is not very punk

"If you want to write punk stories in a solarpunk setting, then you need to construct a dystopian antagonist."

Here's a great list of dystopian antagonists for you.

Peter George Peterson

Carl Icahn

Sheldon Adelson

Mark Zuckerberg

Silvio Berlusconi

Gina Rinehart

Alice Walton

Rupert Murdoch

Charles and David Koch

Peter Theil

[–] keepthepace 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, yes, obviously we are not in a utopia (yet) and you have plenty of obstacles in the way. But if you depict a solarpunk utopia, it typically has no "punks" in it unless you invent a dystopian aspect as well.

[–] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I think I didn't properly express my point. We're currently in the solarpunk dystopian future. We don't need to invent any dystopian aspect for punks because we are those punks.

Your fictional argument doesn't click with the posted meme for me.

To me it sounded like you were saying there is no dystopia, and with solarpunk there woll be no punks, and in my current experience both are patently untrue.

If I misrepresented your argument I apologize.