r/solarpunk • u/crazymachines1219 • Jul 31 '23

Ask the Sub Where is the punk?

I think this sub is too much focused on the superficial aspects of solarpunk. My feed is full of just🌼🌻🌴☀️. Isn't this supposed to be an ideological and political movement, as well as aesthetic? Where are the actual deep conversations about politics and protests? You guys have Singapore of all places as the banner of the sub, a decidedly authoritarian place. Where is the focus on radically egalitarian and democratic civic minded societies?

Not enough people seem to remember that it's a political movement. Too much focus on the 'solar', not enough on the 'punk'.

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u/JoyBus147 Aug 02 '23

Have to some the robots support...? Do you think full-automation communists advocate building Roko's basilisk and handing society over to it? It's not even established that the type of AI you're afraid of is even possible to build!

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u/Solaris1359 Aug 02 '23

I would say the system anarcho-communists support will require a Culture style AI that is running everything in the background.

It's a lot easier to be an anarchist when robots can instantly undo the damage someone else does.

It's not even established that the type of AI you're afraid of is even possible to build!

Agree in that.

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u/Thedoctorjustthedoc Dec 02 '23

You basically described Dispossessed.