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Essay: #Capitalism Is Dead, the Future Is #Solarpunk
Solarpunk provides hope in an age of darkness. It is a bright vision of the future. A future we will have to fight for.
by Antonio Melonio 🍉
May 18, 2024
"Don’t you feel like there is something inherently wrong with the world? That this is not how it is supposed to be? That something — it’s difficult to say what exactly — is missing? Poverty, inequality, discrimination, hunger, disease, war, estrangement from people and nature, isolation, the rise of mental illnesses, suicides, pollution, mind-numbing and useless office jobs, the destruction of the environment, and countless other terrifying social issues.
"Capitalists are trying to convince us that we are living in the best possible world. That this is how it is supposed to be — that, if we just wait a little longer, things will become much better and there will be peace and prosperity for everyone.
"Things will not become better and nothing will change. Politicians and the system that sustains and feeds them have proven that over and over again. If we want the world to change, if we want a better future — for us, for our children, and future generations — then we will have to take things into our own hands. There are more of us than there are of them. It is time for a Solarpunk revolution.
"In the following four chapters, I will try to define and explain what exactly Solarpunk is and how it can improve our lives. To achieve this, we first have to discuss the prevalent dystopian visions that surround us in all forms of media. After that, we will take a look at how our current reality differs from these dystopias, and how fiction, in fact, influences how we perceive and design our own society. In the last chapter, I will then lay out the absolute basics of Solarpunk. These will serve as a starting point for subsequent articles, in which I will discuss how we can build a Solarpunk society from scratch and what we all can do to support this vision. But first, let’s take a look at some not-so-happy visions of the future..."
Read more:
https://medium.com/the-universe-is-a-melon/capitalism-is-dead-the-future-is-solarpunk-3fea0727bb7b
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NnWos
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkRevolution #PostCapitalism #ABetterFutureIsPossible
Solarpunk provides hope in an age of darkness. It is a bright vision of the future. A future we will have to fight for.
by Antonio Melonio 🍉
May 18, 2024
"Don’t you feel like there is something inherently wrong with the world? That this is not how it is supposed to be? That something — it’s difficult to say what exactly — is missing? Poverty, inequality, discrimination, hunger, disease, war, estrangement from people and nature, isolation, the rise of mental illnesses, suicides, pollution, mind-numbing and useless office jobs, the destruction of the environment, and countless other terrifying social issues.
"Capitalists are trying to convince us that we are living in the best possible world. That this is how it is supposed to be — that, if we just wait a little longer, things will become much better and there will be peace and prosperity for everyone.
"Things will not become better and nothing will change. Politicians and the system that sustains and feeds them have proven that over and over again. If we want the world to change, if we want a better future — for us, for our children, and future generations — then we will have to take things into our own hands. There are more of us than there are of them. It is time for a Solarpunk revolution.
"In the following four chapters, I will try to define and explain what exactly Solarpunk is and how it can improve our lives. To achieve this, we first have to discuss the prevalent dystopian visions that surround us in all forms of media. After that, we will take a look at how our current reality differs from these dystopias, and how fiction, in fact, influences how we perceive and design our own society. In the last chapter, I will then lay out the absolute basics of Solarpunk. These will serve as a starting point for subsequent articles, in which I will discuss how we can build a Solarpunk society from scratch and what we all can do to support this vision. But first, let’s take a look at some not-so-happy visions of the future..."
Read more:
https://medium.com/the-universe-is-a-melon/capitalism-is-dead-the-future-is-solarpunk-3fea0727bb7b
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NnWos
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunkRevolution #PostCapitalism #ABetterFutureIsPossible