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Is Solarpunk the Hippie Movement Redux?
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this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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Apparently you didn't read the article. And no it isn't. It shares some superficial similarities and some roots (as the article explains), but contrary to the hippie movement it isn't about personal (and sexual) liberation.
It's a movement more or less built on aesthetics, it's doomed to go a similar path of getting a lot of steam and then doing nothing with it.
I think you have a point but I can also see how
And while the art is the most iconic part of solarpunk, there is more to it as well.
Agreed. Art is the single most powerful tool used to start cultural revolutions.
The Renaissance only happened because of artists' ideas were spread in a meaningful way.
The music and psychedelic art of the 50s-60s inspired the hippie movement.
Currently, we are being inspired by cyberpunk art. I guess that's the natural progression of capitalism. But it will eventually fail. And when it does, SolarPunk will rise.
You are so right.