@alxd - Oh you made it!!! Wonderful!!!!
@Elorageuse @poVoq - it is, but when you are spreading a message you have to go to where people are.
@thisfro - Yeah! That's solarpunk! 😂 Degrowth, mutual aid, decentralized and localized economies, anti-capitalism, social justice, ethical and thoughtful approach to technology, climate and ecological sustainability, etc et al. What you're describing is solarpunk.
@LibertyLizard - I think it was a bit the other way round. Solarpunk started as an idea. Just the "I'm tired of dystopian scifi. I want utopias that address pragmatic concerns and show us a way out of this current situation."
Then folks started to collate ideas on how to make that work and found that various anarchic philosophies already addressed it.
@LibertyLizard @poVoq - Here you go:
"What is Solarpunk?" by Andrewism including
"A Brief History of Solarpunk" and "The Politics & Art of Solarpunk"
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/saint-andrew-what-is-solarpunk
@AEMarling - Cheers! Just put it in! (Screenshot of request below... but not sure if you can see it in the Lemmy UI - You'll have to click on this reply's link to view it on the Mastodon page for the screenshot)
@AEMarling - My library needs (or prefers) an ISBN. Do you have one for this book? I only found the Barnes and Noble number.
tinker
joined 8 years ago
@Nacktmull @poVoq - "just". Solarpunk absolutely is a coping strategy.
That's the whole point.
It's a way to cope with this bullshit and get through it.
- cope /kōp/ (intransitive verb)
To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them
How would (or how do) *you* deal with a terrible world?
I very specifically:
- Imagine what a better world could be.
- Describe and discuss with others what a better world could and should be. Giving my ideas and hearing their's. Disagreeing with methods but agreeing on the overall goal to fight and strive for that better world
- Actively work towards that better world
- Comfort and support those who are working towards that better world
- Comfort and support those who are hurt by the current world
- Receive comfort and support from others so I can get through this current world
You're damned right it's a coping strategy.
What is there to do besides cope?
- Despair
- Give up and be destroyed
- Join the oppressors with a hope to not be destroyed and still be destroyed
Or... as you seem to be doing...
Lash out, not at the oppressors, but at those holding on to hope and those who are fighting the oppressors?
That is a thing you can do, certainly. And I bet it feels cathartic - spreading your disappointment and fear onto those who would have hope and find ways to quell their fear.
Please stop.
We are finding ways to cope. Dealing with the actual bad is bad enough. Dealing with folks like you who get in the way and bring others down makes it incredibly more difficult.
"just" a coping strategy.